Fred Manget

He received recognition from state and local organizations for his service to the poor and elderly and for his Christian humanitarian efforts abroad.

Huzhou General Hospital is specifically noted for its role in spreading western medical practices to northern China.

[2] In 1918, he worked as Head Medical Officer for the American Red Cross in Siberia and was honored by the Kolchak government.

[1] Manget was asked to serve in the United States Public Health Commission as Senior Surgeon on Field Duty, during World War II.

During his time as commissioner, he served in Burma and West China as a missionary aide to people with malaria.

In Kunming, Manget worked alongside General Claire Lee Chennault and the First American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force, better known as the Flying Tigers.

While working with the "Flying Tigers", Manget met Robert Lee Scott Jr., a brigadier general in the U.S. air force during the war.

This term later became the title of Scott's autobiography, which discussed his journeys as a pilot during World War II with the Flying Tigers and U.S. Air Force.

Manget was later released and was able to work under the strict control of the Japanese troops at Huzhou General Hospital for an additional three and a half years.

Fred Prosper Manget in Kunming, China
Flying Tigers
Colonel Robert Lee Scott Jr. and his book “God is My Co-Pilot