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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Take for an example the AVG, I think it was during Clintons time that they finally got there full service period recognised and got all their dues that were owed.
Does that recognition that they were at all times serving US miitary personel working for the US government mean that the US was really at war with the Empire of Japan in China before Pearl?
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I would think not. As I recall, the AVG did not fly its first combat missions against the Japanese until the week following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The AVG was not disbanded and brought into the U.S. armed services until July 1942. The 1990's retroactive reinstatement of the Group's status of US servicemen was for the seven months between December 1941 and July 1942.
On the other hand, I would have to agree that Roosevelt's posture towards supporting the Chinese against the Japanese was indeed "warlike."