[Brigadier General Alvin R. Luedecke receiving the Chien decoration from Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek)]

Photograph of Brigadier General Alvin R. Luedecke, U.S. Army Air Forces, receiving the Chien decoration of the Chinese Air Force from Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek), circa February 1946.

Typed caption included with image: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, China Theater, APO 990. 21 February 1946. Release upon receipt. Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai, China: -- Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, China's First Lady, pins the Chien Decoration of the Chinese Air Force on Brigadier General Alvin R. Luedecke, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Headquarters Army Air Forces, China Theater, for 'his assistance to General George E. Stratemeyer, especially in technical work'. General Luedecke was also awarded the Ta Shou Cloud Banner. A graduate of Texas A & M, General Luedecke's home is in Eldorado, Texas. His was now resides in Grapeland, Texas."

Stamped on verso: "Made by U. S. Army Air Forces. Watch Your Credit."