Mom Chung's Fair-Haired Bastard Sons

A while back I had been looking at books about the American Volunteer Group (AVG) or the Flying Tigers as they are commonly known. Along with a book called The Lady and the Tigers, I read an article about Margaret Chung, a Chinese-American doctor who befriended many military pilots during WWII; they called themselves "Mom Chung's Fair-Haired Bastard Sons". She is credited by some for locating/recruiting pilots for the AVG and promoting the WAVES.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chung

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She also treated seven Navy reserve pilots during this time; part of her care was making them meals, and they reportedly soon began calling themselves "Mom Chung's Fair-Haired Bastard Sons" as a tribute to her. Prior to the United States entry into World War II, Chung would give her "adopted son" pilots a jade Buddha to wear around their necks, which would become a token by which the pilots would recognize each other throughout the world. Non-aviation naval officers "adopted" by Chung were called "Golden Dolphins.

I think she has an autobiography, but I can't find it. I'm currently reading Judy Tzu-Chun Wu's book. I suppose that there may be some hyperbole about her, but so far the book is interesting reading.

There is an archive of her records here; http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/sites/...hungpapers.pdf But is it not digitized, yet.

Ranb

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