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The Life of the Characters in joseph stilwell's Works
Born in Palat, Florida, USA, he settled in yonkers, new york with his family.

1900 in July, he was admitted to West Point Military Academy and became one of the youngest students in that year.

1June, 904, graduated from West Point Military Academy and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant. Then he went to the Philippines and served in the 12 infantry regiment.

1February, 906, transferred back to West Point Military Academy as an instructor in the Department of Modern Languages.

19 10 10 married Winifred A smith and fell in love for life.

19 1 1 year 1 month once again served in the Philippine infantry 12 regiment, and was promoted to lieutenant in March.

19 1 1 year1/month, first time in China, visited Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Wuzhou and Hongkong.

1965438+returned to teach at West Point Military Academy in September 2003.

19 16 worked as an instructor in the reserve officer training camp in Fort prats, new york; In September, he was promoted to captain.

1965438+In August, 2007, he worked as an adjutant of brigade commander in the 80th Division of Li Ying, Virginia, and was promoted to a temporary major.

1918 65438+10, went to France to participate in World War I, and served as an intelligence officer in the General Command of the American Expeditionary Force and the 4th Army. He was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel and colonel successively, and won the medal of outstanding service. After returning to the United States in July of the following year, all the temporary ranks were cancelled and they became captains again.

1965438+In August 2009, he was appointed as the first language officer in China, and went to the University of California, Berkeley to study Chinese. 1In August, 920, he came to China for the second time, officially became the language officer of China, and continued to study Chinese in Beijing North China United Language School.

192 1 to 1922, borrowed by the International Disaster Relief Committee, served as the chief engineer of Fenyang-Du Jun Highway in Shanxi and Tongguan-xi 'an Highway in Shaanxi successively. He contacted various social situations, made friends with people from all walks of life, and deepened his understanding of China.

1June, 922 to1June, 923, as the staff of American military attache in China, visited and traveled northeast China, Outer Mongolia, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Siberia, South Korea and Japan.

1in July, 923, he returned to the United States and studied at Fort Benning Infantry School. 1924 graduated, and served as the assistant executive officer of General Wells; 1September, 1925, he entered Leavenworth Command and Staff College for further study.

1September, 926, he came to China for the third time and became the battalion commander of the US Infantry 15 Regiment in Tianjin.

1927 In May, he was sent by the US Embassy in China to inspect the military situation in Xuzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places, and the report he wrote afterwards was commended.

1928 1 month, acting as 15 chief of staff of infantry regiment; In May, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

1In June, 929, he returned to the United States and served as the head of the tactical department of Fort Benning Infantry School, where he was nicknamed "vinegar Joe" (also known as "sharp Joe"), which made him proud.

1in July, 935, he came to China for the fourth time, served as the US military attache in Beijing, and was promoted to colonel. From 65438 to 0936, I have been to Guangzhou, Guilin, Wuzhou, Nanning, Hankou, Xuzhou, Kaifeng and Luoyang.

1in July, 937, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China, broke out and organized an intelligence group to report the progress of the war to the United States in time; He moved to Hankou at the end of the year and traveled to Lanzhou, Taierzhuang, Changsha and Chongqing the following year.

/kloc-0 returned to the United States in August, 1939, and served as the brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division.

1July, 940, served as the commander of the 7th Division and commander of Monterey Oder Barracks. In September, he was promoted to major general.

1941June, served as the commander of the third army. 1 941After the Pacific War broke out in February,1was transferred to Washington, D.C., and was responsible for formulating the "Sportsman" battle plan in landing operation in north africa, serving as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force.

1March, 942, he came to China for the fifth time, and served as the chief of staff of the Allied China Theater and the commander of the US military in the China-Burma-India Theater. He was promoted to lieutenant general in February; Then go to Myanmar to command the Chinese expeditionary force to fight; In May, the Battle of North Myanmar was defeated, and 1 10 people walked out of the jungle of North Myanmar.

1 in June, 942, he submitted a proposal to Chiang Kai-shek on the reform of China's military system: (1) streamlining the reorganized troops; (2) replacing incompetent senior officials; (3) Empowering front-line commanders with full powers.

1in July, 942, he submitted to Chiang Kai-shek a battle plan to recover Myanmar; Chiang Kai-shek took advantage of the visit to China by Lao Xilin Currie, the personal representative of the President of the United States, to ask for the removal of Stilwell for the first time, but failed.

1August, 942, he became the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army in India, and trained and equipped the Indian army in Ramga, India.

1943 65438+ 10 month, he won the distinguished service cross for personally commanding the east to the front in the first Myanmar campaign.

1 In March, 943, the Kunming Training Center in Yunnan was established. In April,1,the training was officially started, and the training equipment plan of 30 divisions of the Chinese Army was implemented.

1May, 943, attended the Trident Conference in Washington. 1In August, 943, the Quebec Conference decided to establish the Allied Southeast Asia Theater, with Stilwell as the Deputy Supreme Commander of the Theater.

1September, 943, suggested to Stilwell to use * * * production party 18 and other troops to attack the Japanese flank in North China, and suggested to provide sufficient supplies to the northwest troops.

1943 10, Chiang Kai-shek proposed to replace Stilwell for the second time, but failed.

1943165438+10, attended the China-US-UK Cairo Conference.

1943 12, command the Indian troops in China to start a counterattack against northern Myanmar.

1in August, 944, Myitkyina was occupied, and the battle was basically won, giving the Japanese elite 18 division a devastating blow.

1944 1 month, agreed with the report of political adviser Davis on sending an American observation team to Yan' an; In July and August, two groups of American military observers arrived in Yan 'an.

1July, 944, Roosevelt suggested that Chiang Kai-shek grant Stilwell full command of all troops in the China theater; Chiang Kai-shek's reply indicated that he agreed in principle. 1August, 944, promoted to four-star general. 1September, 944, Chiang Kai-shek asked the President of the United States to recall Stilwell for the third time.

1944 10, Roosevelt agreed to recall Stilwell; Stilwell 2 1 left Chongqing for home; 3 1, The New York Times published an article criticizing the US government for recalling Stilwell, which was "passively supporting a regime that is increasingly unpopular and distrusted by the people in China".

1945 1 month, served as commander of the ground forces of the US Army; The China-India Highway from Lido, India, through Myitkyina, North Myanmar, to Yunnan, China was completed and opened to traffic, and was named "stilwell road".

1945 was awarded the Legion of Honor and the Oak Leaf Medal in February.

10 served as the commander of the10 army in June 1945 and participated in the Okinawa campaign.

1September, 945, participated in the signing ceremony of the Japanese surrender book on the battleship Missouri and presided over the surrender ceremony of Ryukyu Island. Before returning home, Marshall asked to visit his old friend in Beiping, but Chiang Kai-shek refused.

1945 10 year 10 month, served as the chairman of the munitions equipment Committee.

1946 1 month, was appointed as the commander of the sixth army, responsible for the work of the western defense command.

194610 June 12, he died at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco at the age of 63 because of stomach cancer and metastasis to the liver.