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  1. Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Stillwell was made the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Nationalist Leader, Chiang Kai-shek .

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  2. Apr 10, 2024 · Joseph W. Stilwell (born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Florida, U.S.—died October 12, 1946, San Francisco, California) was a World War II army officer, who headed both U.S. and Chinese Nationalist resistance to the Japanese advance on the Far Eastern mainland. A 1904 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, Stilwell rose to ...

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  3. By Kevin M. Hymel. General Joseph Stilwell was one of the United States’ best military commanders, yet in the course of America’s involvement in World War II he never led U.S. troops into battle. Twice he was slated to lead America’s first and last offensives, but twice circumstance and fate prevented him from fulfilling his combat destiny.

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  5. Dec 29, 2017 · General Joseph Stilwell, widely known as Vinegar Joe, had one of the strongest personalities of WWII. As American commander in Burma, he showed incredible insight into the challenges of war in that region. His stern attitude was at times his greatest asset; at others, it was his biggest flaw.

  6. Nov 29, 2011 · General Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army hero and leader of American forces in China in World War II, had a tangible impact overseas that you can visit today. General Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946),...

  7. Sep 14, 2023 · September 14, 20235:12 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. John Ruwitch. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. A museum in the Chinese city of Chongqing is dedicated to U.S. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, who...

  8. Joseph Stilwell began his diary in the early 1900s and kept it up, to a greater or lesser extent, until his death in 1946. Now those decades of diaries, including observations on his travels through China, Japan, and the Philippines before World War II, are available on the Hoover Archives website.

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