Military pilot recruiter Russell Hearn in (Chinese?) military uniform with medals, 1937

Item Overview

Title

Military pilot recruiter Russell Hearn in (Chinese?) military uniform with medals, 1937

Date Created

1937

Date

1937

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Russell Hearn, in military uniform with 5 medals, holding pipe, with goatee, standing with wooden wall in background
Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 3, 1937, War Recruiting Here Banned, Enlisting of Aviators for Service in China Stirs Federal Warning. Recruiting of American aviators in Los Angeles for service in China against the Japanese came under scrutiny of the United States government yesterday. … It was reported exclusively in The Times Sunday that Lieut.-Gen. Russell Hearn, soldier-of-fortune, is assembling military trained flyers for service in China. …
From Life magazine, August 30, 1937: Russell Hearn … who has the rank of Lieutenant General in the Chinese Army, proposed in Los Angeles to recruit U.S. volunteers for China. ...

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 9398, Lt. Gen Russell Hearn, Soldier of Fortune [Stamped:] Sep 29 193[?]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hearn, Russell L.

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mercenaries (Soldiers)
Government
People