Posted: 11/28/2006 8:08:15 PM EDT
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Need help for a work project. Can anyone think of well-known persons who overcame obvious or public failures and then succeeded in the long term? I'm thinking like Edison, Franklin, others...? Thanks!  I did Google but just got mish-mash results. |
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General Claire Chennault became Chief of Pursuit Training for the US Army Air Corps in the 1930s. Poor health and disputes with superiors led Chennault to retire from the service in 1937. His comeback: He formed the American Volunteer Group. Chennault's three squadrons of American volunteer pilots used his tactics of "defensive pursuit" to guard the Burma Road, Rangoon, and other strategic locations in Southeast Asia and western China.  The Flying Tigers had great success against the forces of Japan during the lowest period of the war for American forces, and gave hope to Americans that they would eventually succeed against the Japanese. The Flying Tigers were credited for destroying almost 300 aircraft with a loss of only twelve of their own in combat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Chennault |
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Donald Trump From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_trump: 
They list his current net worth at $2.4 Billion. |