Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc It was your friend Chiang that insisted that Stillwell not be removed from his position. Doug went along with that. Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > At 09:03 PM 9/4/03 -0600, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > >Marc James Small wrote in part: > > > >> > >>Now, to my knowledge, neither Ben Cartwright, General MacArthur, Chiang, > >>nor "Uncle Joe" Stilwell > >> > > > >Its "Vinegar Joe" Mark. > > Sorry, Greg, but you are wrong. "Vinegar Joe" was an epithet applied by > those who disliked him. His own troops called him "Uncle Joe", an > appellation he loved. See Barbara Tuchman's magisterial STILWELL AND THE > AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA for discussion. > > Stilwell is a fascinating chap. His two greatest boosters in the Army were > Douglas MacArthur and George C Marshall, both of whom Stilwell, unique in > the Army, called by their first names. Stilwell was wasted in China: it > was Marshall's original intention to give him command of TORCH, and a > European command headed by Stilwell would undoubtedly have been a bit > crisper and less conflicted than it was under Eisenhower. > > Stilwell, also, ranks with McClellan as the greatest trainers the US Army > has ever had. > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html