PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor will host an event celebrating the legacy of the Flying Tigers, the famed volunteer force of U.S. pilots who fought in China at the start of World War II.
Li Xiaolin is the president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and will present her documentary, Touching the Tigers, at the museum Monday.
The 15-minute film tells the story of Lt. Glen Beneda, an American pilot with the 14th Air Force who was wounded when his fighter plane was shot down while he was defending China from Japanese forces.
Chinese farmers and soldiers rescued Beneda and took him to a U.S. base.
Beneda's family will attend, along with Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Gen. Gary North, commander of Pacific Air Forces.