General Joseph Stilwell

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gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
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gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath_(UK)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun_(Japan)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Cloud_and_Banner_(China)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Sacred_Tripod_(China)
Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)
gptkbp:birthDate 1883-03-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Palatka,_Florida,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:West_Point_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mary_Stilwell
gptkb:Alison_Stilwell
gptkb:Joseph_Stilwell_Jr.
gptkb:Nancy_Stilwell
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_Army_units
gptkb:U.S._Sixth_Army
gptkb:China_Burma_India_Theater
gptkbp:deathDate 1946-10-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Joseph_Warren_Stilwell
gptkbp:graduationYear 1904
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Joseph Stilwell
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Vinegar_Joe
gptkbp:notableEvent Served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command
Advocated for Chinese Nationalist Army reform
Clashed with Chiang Kai-shek
Led the retreat from Burma in 1942
Oversaw construction of the Ledo Road
Recalled to the United States in 1944
Served as Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek
gptkbp:notableFor World War II service in China, Burma, and India
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:servedWith gptkb:Chiang_Kai-shek
gptkb:Lord_Louis_Mountbatten
gptkbp:serviceYears 1904–1946
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Winifred_Smith
gptkbp:subjectOf Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 (book by Barbara W. Tuchman)
PBS documentary 'China: The Roots of Madness'
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Stilwell_Papers
gptkb:Stilwell's_Personal_File
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