Editing Merian C. Cooper (section)

===World War II===
Cooper re-enlisted and was commissioned a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]].<ref name="american polish" /><ref name="ozatwar">{{cite web|title=Colonel Merian C. Cooper|url=http://www.ozatwar.com/people/meriancooper.htm|website=Ozatwar|access-date=11 July 2016}}</ref> He served with Col. [[Robert L. Scott]] in India. He worked as logistics liaison for the [[Doolittle Raid]]. Thereafter, Cooper and Scott worked with Col. [[Caleb V. Haynes]] at [[Dinjan]] Airfield. They all were involved in establishing the Assam-Burma-China Ferrying Command. This marked the beginnings of [[The Hump]] Airlift.

Colonel Cooper later served in China as chief of staff for General [[Claire Chennault]] of the [[Flying Tigers|China Air Task Force]], which was the precursor of the [[Fourteenth Air Force]].<ref name="ozatwar"/>  On October 25, 1942, a CATF raid consisting of 12 B-25s and 7 P-40s, led by Colonel Cooper, successfully bombed the Kowloon Docks at Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gwulo.com/node/18919/view-pages|title=WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China: View pages - Gwulo: Old Hong Kong|website=gwulo.com|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>

He served from 1943 to 1945 in the Southwest Pacific as chief of staff for the [[Fifth Air Force]]'s Bomber Command.<ref name="who's who">{{cite book|last1=Rowan|first1=Terry|title=Who's Who in Hollywood|isbn=978-1-329-07449-1|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=prqcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA75|access-date=13 July 2016|year=2015|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> At the end of the war, he was promoted to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]]. For his contributions, he was also aboard the [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'']] to witness [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan's surrender.]]<ref name="american polish" />