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Invitation to General Benjamin O. Davis from Taiwan Vice President Chen Cheng

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  • Text of Invitation from Chen Cheng to Ben Davis in Chinese and English
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    "The Vice President of The Republic of China & Madame Chen Chang request the pleasure of your company at dinner at 1230 hrs, Sunday, 4. Dec. 1955, at House #1, Lane 20, Sec. I, Hsin-yi Road, Taipei, Taiwan." Staged view of Chinese-language invitation (left) included in scrapbook assembled by Agatha Davis containing invitations she and her husband Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., received during 1955 and 1956 when he was Commander, US Air Force Air Task Force 13 (Provisional), Taipei, Taiwan; English translation (which has become detached from original position) has been placed at top to show both items in their proper orientations.

  • Text of Invitation from Chen Cheng to Ben Davis in Chinese and English

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