Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) and the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He married Soong Mei-Ling (Soong May Ling), also known as Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, in 1927. Educated in the United States, she played a vital role as his English interpreter. They were together till his death in 1975. This photograph belongs to Mr. Willard Lee, a Singapore-born Chinese who left for China to further his studies and later joined the Chinese Air Force. He left the service in 1947 and returned to Singapore.
