Granddaughter of Flying Tiger's late leader visits China

Nell Calloway gives a lecture to students in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province on Monday. Photo by Huang Zhiling/chinadaily.com.cn

During her short visit to the Guangya School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province Nell Calloway was treated like an international star.

On Monday, local citizens elbowed their way into the crowd asking trying to get a photo taken with her and some sent her photos of her grandfather Claire Chennault, the late leader of the Flying Tigers.

"I was moved by the Chinese who still remembered what my grandfather did for them long, long ago," said the 65-year-old director of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum in Louisiana, United States.

Calloway is participating in the events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victorious War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression at the invitation of the Sichuan Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

"After the visit to Sichuan, she will go to Beijing to observe the September 3rd military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of the war," said Zou Qiuhua, an official with the Sichuan Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

In her lecture delivered to students at the Guangya School, Calloway briefed the life of her grandfather Chennault, saying that no matter what obstacle Chennault faced, he never gave up.

"He stood fast when others would have run. He never stopped learning and he never stopped teaching," she said.