His daughter, Renée Lym Robertson, graciously donated many materials from her father’s life to preserve his legacy and the contributions of Chinese Americans to the history of aviation.
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The contributions of Chinese Americans, especially Bay Area Chinese Americans, to the Chinese defense against the Japanese during the Invasion of Manchuria is unquantifiable, and provided the foundation of the Chinese Air Force. #APPIHMThis tweet was posted on May 18, 2022.
General Arthur Fook Yuen Lym was born in San Francisco in 1890. In 1911, he enrolled in the Curtiss Wright School of Aviation in NY. When he graduated, he was selected by the newly formed Chinese government to help teach officers in the Chinese Army to fly.
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