Wah Lee,
Army Air Corps
Correspondence, 1943 through 1946, 1955
Link to Obituary
Additional information about Wah Lee, the era in which he lived and the air force bases he served at can be found here.
<a href="http://39th.org/39th/ground/62nd/lee_wah.htm">
According to the above link, Mr. Lee died in Sacramento on September 3, 2004. He was "survived by his longtime loving companion, May Jue, three boys, one daughter and four grandchildren."
He served as the "grand president of the Chinese Benevolent Association of San Francisco, grand president of six companies in 1990, grand president of the Gee Tuck Sam Tuck Family Association for many years and was organization director of the San Francisco Double 10 parade for over 20 years and was commander of the 15th District VFW post in the Bay Area Republican Organization."
(Photo here and on the Home Page are from the Obituary Page)
Lee, Erika and Judy Yung. 2010
Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. Oxford University Press.
Takaki, Ronald. 1998
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Updated and Revised Edition. New York City: Little, Brown and Company.
Wong, K Scott. 2005.
Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Wong, Scott K. 1998.
Claiming America: Constructing Chinese American Identities During the Exclusion Era. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Yong Chen. 2002.
Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. Redwood City: Stanford University Press.
Wah Lee served at the a variety of bases during the war, including:
The Smoky Hill Army Airfield in Salina, Kansas:
Their website can be reached by the link below:
<a href="http://www.salinaairport.com/public-information/history.aspx">
Amarillo Army Air Field in Amarillo, Texas:
Their website can be reached by the link below:
<a herf="http://www.texasairandspacemuseum.org/amarillo_air_force_base_page.htm">
Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado has since been closed, but a link with more information can be reached below:
<a href="http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CO/Airfields_CO_Denver_NE.htm">
Chanute Field in Illinois has also been discontinued, however, the Chanute Air Museum mentions highlighting the history of the base in their mission statement. This mission statement can be read on the Museum's page, accessible from the link below:
<a href="http://www.aeromuseum.org/">
Although no mention of it is seen in the letters, while Wah is in San Francisco he could have been at the Travis Air Force. Their website can be reached by the link below:
<a href="http://www.travis.af.mil/">
Books Consulted
and Similar Titles
Military Bases
Additional Information
Information about the yearly highlights was found at the following locations:
<a href="http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/timeline.htm"> compiled by Jennifer Rosenburg.
The eHistory Archive:
<a href="http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/TimeLineDisplay.cfm?Era_id=16">
infoplease.com
<a href="http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear
DuBois, Ellen Carol and Lynn Dumenil. 2005.
Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents. 3rd Edition. Boston: Bedford, New York: St. Martins.
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