No More Heroes

Better than most, the Chinese knew that the Jap was no superman. But the enemy kept on trying in his own unsubtle way to build up the myth. Even when U.S. airmen shot up Jap craft over such bombers' targets as Canton and Hong Kong, he kept at it. In such cases he collected airmen who had been shot down, paraded them blindfolded through the streets to convince the Chinese of Jap superiority.

Pictures of the humiliated Americans finally reached Free China. Last week Major General Claire L. Chennault replied by making his airmen anonymous. Correspondents were forbidden to report the exploits of individual U.S. flyers; henceforth the Japs will capture only names, not known aces.

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