General Joseph Warren Stilwell, USA


At age 59, Stilwell led the 140-mile walk out of Burma in 1942


Stilwell (left) tells his party they must abandon their vehicles


Leading the walkout with a steady stride of 105 steps per minute


Burmese nurses of Seagrave's unit prepare rafts for travel


Stilwell party fords stream


A brief rest stop during the 20-day march


A meal of rice and canned meat


Approaching the Chindwin and India


Stilwell reports "We took a hell of a beating"


A rare sight - Stilwell behind a desk


His blunt candor earned the nickname "Vinegar Joe"


He was known by his men as "Uncle Joe"


"A willingness to share the hardships of the common soldier"


Younger days as Brigadier General


General-like pose at map


Observing Chinese troops training at Ramgarh, India


Reviewing his Chinese troops


Planning in the field


With Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek


With the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang


Relations with the "Gissimo" were rarely this amicable


Stilwell pins Legion of Merit on Chiang


Toasting Madame Sun Yat-sen


At division field headquarters


Stilwell watches as one of his wounded Chinese soldiers is evacuated


Visiting wounded at a field hospital


With Dr. Ravdin at 20th General Hospital


Readying jeep for travel


General's party travels down the "road"


Drawing later used on postage stamp


With Merrill's Marauders


Generals Merrill and Stilwell


Close-up at Merrill's headquarters


At Merrill's headquarters


Lighter moment with General Merrill


Time to roll a smoke


Receiving battle report from Colonel Rothwell Brown


Colonel Brown commanded Chinese-American Tank Force


with British and Chinese officials


Studying campaign maps


Explaining hooking tactic to Chinese General Liao Yao-hsiang


Just another soldier


At Chungking office


Discussing battle plans with Chinese generals


Leading troops across the Tarung River


Mapping out strategy with Chinese generals


With SEAC Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten


A special award from his son, Lt. Col. Joseph Stilwell, Jr.


At SEAC office in Kandy, Ceylon


With Marauder's Colonel Charles Hunter at Myitkyina


Resting at the Burma front


Admiral Yang Hsuan Cheng, Stilwell, Major General Patrick J. Hurley


With General Sun Li Jen


With General Lo Cho Ying


Stilwell (third from right) at Cairo conference of November 1943


General Joseph Warren Stilwell, USA


Stilwell with Army Air Force General Clare Chennault


Meeting with British military officials at Delhi


A nap aboard his C-47 Magic Carpet


With carbine over his shoulder Stilwell hikes in Burma


Stilwell considered Sun Li-jen his ablest commander


Stilwell with Patrick J. Hurley


Stilwell at Myitkyina airfield during Japanese counterattack


Conferring at Y-Force headquarters


Looking tired after Burma Campaign


Four-star General, August 1, 1944


Just prior to his removal as CBI Commander


In Chungking following his removal as commander of CBI


Following CBI, Stilwell commanded the Tenth Army in Okinawa


Aboard USS Missouri with General Merrill for Japanese surrender


Stilwell (right) witnesses Japanese surrender on Okinawa


Stilwell (seated) accepts surrender of Ryukyus


The General and Mrs. Stilwell at home in California


General Stilwell on the beach at Carmel


cigarette holder


Cover of LIFE Magazine - June 15, 1942


Cover of TIME - November 13, 1944


Image from cover of TIME


U.S. Postage stamp tribute issued in 2000


First Day Cover of Stilwell stamp


Trading card depiction


General Stilwell on World War II Poster


Memorial Monument at Chungking


Sketch by Artist-Correspondent Howard Baer


Stilwell in charcoal drawing









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