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Stilwell

Alice Chong outside the HQ building at Kunming in 1944, holding the Dachshund puppy that her roommate Eloise Witwer gave to General Chennault. Chennault named the dog “Little Joe” and then changed its name to “Joe-Dog” after it grew up. The name, of course, was a way of getting back at his nemesis, General Joseph Stilwell because, as Chennault would...
Stilwell disembarks from C-47 transport plane in WWII. Photo from Charles Grier.
Bill Bergin with General Joseph Stilwell on "Uncle Joe's Chariot" transport plane during WWII. Photo from Paul Jones.
General Joseph W. Stilwell chats with men at port at Calcutta. July 30, 1944. Left to right: Brig. Gen. G. X. Cheves, Gen. Stilwell, S/Sgt. Julius Miller, Cpl. John Carvone, and Cpl. Peter Cecora. Photo by Pfc. Louis W. Raczkowski.
General Joseph Stilwell's daughter, Nancy Stilwell Easterbrook poses with Dick Young, left, and Wang Chuying, at Lashio in the early 1990s.
Japanese officers line up and wait to surrender to Gen. Stilwell in the CBI. Photo by Paul L. Jones.
Gen. Stilwell at his desk, in the CBI during WWII.
General Joe Stilwell pictured as he filmed the introduction to the film "Why We Are Here." Note boom microphone overhead.
Joseph Stilwell smiles in front of an airplane in the CBI during WWII.
Chennault and Stilwell pose together in front of wing of transport airplane in Yunnan, China, during WWII.