Joseph Stilwell
✓ Source-basedstableUnited States Army general (1883-1946)
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Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II. Stilwell served as commander of the US forces in the theater, and also as deputy for both Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader.
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Then-Lt. Col. Stilwell as Assistant Chief of Staff, IV Army Corps, October 1918 in France
Stilwell (front row, second on the left) as an instructor at the Infantry School in the 1930s. The school's assistant commandant, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall, is sat in the center of the front row, to the right of Stilwell.
Gen. Frank Merrill (left) with Stilwell in Burma
Stilwell marches out of Burma, May 1942
Stilwell sharing a laugh with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling, 1942
Stilwell awarding medals at Myitkyina, 1944
Displayed in the Coal Heritage Park & Museum, Margherita, Assam, map of Ledo Road (later renamed Stilwell Road) approved by the US Forces India Burma theater engineer.Awards 5
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Wilma RudolphAlso won Distinguished Americans series
Walter Bedell SmithAlso won World War II Victory Medal
Richard BongAlso won World War II Victory Medal
Edna FerberAlso won Distinguished Americans series
John Paul StevensAlso won World War II Victory Medal
Albert B. SabinAlso won Distinguished Americans seriesAbout this person
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Lived 1883 to 1946 · aged 63
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