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1883 March 19 | Born, Palatka, Florida |
1904 June 15 | B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1904-1906 | 12th Infantry, Philippine Islands |
1906-1910 | Instructor, Department of Modern Languages, U.S. Military Academy |
1911-1912 | 12th Infantry, Philippine Islands |
1912-1913 | 12th Infantry, Presidio, Monterey, California |
1913-1917 | Instructor, U.S. Military Academy |
1918-1919 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, IV Corps, American Expeditionary Forces |
1919 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, IV Corps, Army of Occupation, Cochem, Germany |
1919-1923 | Chinese language student, University of California, Berkeley, California, and Peking, China |
1924-1925 | Assistant Executive, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1925-1926 | Student Officer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
1926-1929 | Battalion Commander, 15th Infantry, Tientsin, China |
1929-1933 | Instructor, Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1933-1935 | Reserve duty, San Diego, California |
1935-1939 | Military Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Peking, China |
1939-1940 | Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
1940 | Promoted to Major General |
1940-1941 | Commander, 7th Division, Ford Ord, California |
1941-1942 | Commander, 3rd Army Corps, Presidio of Monterey, California |
1942 | Promoted to Lieutenant General |
1942-1944 | Commanding General, U.S. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater |
1944 | Promoted to General |
1945 | Commander, 10th Army, Pacific Theater |
Commander, U.S. Ground Forces | |
1945-1946 | U.S. War Equipment Board, Washington, D.C. |
1946 | Commander, 6th Army, Western Defense Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California |
1946 June 25–July 31 | Observer, Bikini Atomic Bomb Tests |
1946 October 12 | Died, Presidio of San Francisco, California |
Chronology of Joseph Warren Stilwell's Assignments
Date | Assignment |
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1904 June 15 | Graduated from United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1904 June 16 - September 14 | Graduation leave and travel to West Coast |
1904 September 15 - November 7 | En route to Camp Jossman, Guimaras, Philippine Islands ( USAT Sheridan, October 1-29, 1904) |
1904 November 7 - 1906 April | Camp Jossman, Guimaras, Philippine Islands (in the field, Samar, Philippine Islands, February 3, 1905), 12th Infantry |
1906 April 9 - August 21 | Graduated from United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1906 August 22 - 1910 December 18 | Department of Modern Languages, United States Military Academy (intelligence gathering trip through Guatemala, June 20-August 9, 1907; trip through Mexico, June 28-August 1, 1908; trip to Honduras, Salvador, and Guatemala, June 25-August 4, 1909) |
1910 December 19 - 1911 January 31 | Travel to West Coast and en route to Philippine Islands ( USAT Sherman, January 5-31, 1911) |
1911 February 1 - 1912 February 11 | Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands (Company D, 12th Infantry, June 4, 1911; leave in Japan and China, September 15-December 14, 1911); returned to the U.S. with Company D, 12th Infantry |
1912 February 11 - 1913 April 29 | Presidio of Monterey, California, Company D, 12th Infantry |
1913 April 30 - May 31 | Leave |
1913 June 1 - 27 | Fort Niagara, New York, for tryout for Army Infantry Rifle Team |
1913 June 28 - August 17 | Leave and travel |
1913 August 18 - 1914 June 2 | Department of English and History, United States Military Academy |
1914 June 3 - 14 | Travel to Madrid, Spain ( Lorraine, June 3-10, 1914) |
1914 June 15 - August 6 | Madrid, Spain, for Spanish language course |
1914 August 8 - 27 | Travel to the U.S. ( RMS Ivernia from Gibraltar to Boston, August 8-20, 1914) and leave |
1914 August 28 - 1915 April 21 | Department of Modern Languages, United States Military Academy |
1915 April 22 - 26 | Travel to Madison Barracks, New York |
1915 April 27 - September 27 | Madison Barracks, New York, for "duty with troops" (Companies H, L, and K, 3rd Infantry) |
1915 September 28 - 30 | Leave |
1915 October 1 - 1916 June 25 | Department of Modern Languages, United States Military Academy |
1916 June 12 - August 12 | Camp of Instruction, Regular Troops, Plattsburg, New York (Company M, 1st Battalion, Station Training Regiment/8th Training Regiment |
1916 August 12 - 1917 August 24 | Department of Modern Languages, United States Military Academy (with additional duty in the Department of Tactics starting in June 1917) |
1917 August 25 - December 18 | Camp Lee, Virginia, 80th Division (Brigade Adjutant, Camp Quartermaster, Commandant Quartermaster Training School, Commandant School of Arms and Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2) |
1917 December 30 - 1918 January 19 | En route to France ( USMS New York from New York, January 7, 1918, arrived in Le Havre, France, January 19, 1918) |
1918 January 19 - February 6 | General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, Chaumont, France |
1918 February 6-10 | Travel to British 30th Division and on to British 58th Division |
1918 February 10-15 | With British 58th Division, La Fère Sector |
1918 February 16-28 | Army Schools, Intelligence Course, Langres, France |
1918 February 28 - March 17 | General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, Chaumont, France |
1918 March 20 - April 29 | With French 17th Corps, Verdun Sector |
1918 April 30 - June 5 | General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, Chaumont, France |
1918 June 6-15 | With U.S. 2nd Corps, G-2 Section |
1918 June 19 - 1919 January 20 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, U.S. 4th Corps (Toul Sector, in Battle of St. Mihiel; temporary duty, 1st Corps, August 8-10, 1918) |
1919 January 20 - June 23 | Assistant Chief of Staff G-1, 4th Corps, Army of Occupation, Cochem, Germany |
1919 July 5-15 | En route to the U.S. ( Lorraine) |
1919 July 16 - August 29 | Leave (one month) and travel to California |
1919 August 29 - 1920 May 17 | Chinese language student, University of California, Berkeley, California |
1920 May 18 - August 4 | Leave |
1920 August 5 - September 20 | En route to China ( USAT Madawaska to Manila, August 5-31, 1920) |
1920 September 20 - 1923 July 8 | Chinese language student, Peking, China |
1923 July 8-31 | En route to the U.S. ( USAT Thomas) |
1923 August 1 - September 9 | Leave and travel to Fort Benning, Georgia |
1923 September 10 - 1924 May 29 | Student, Advanced Officers' Course, Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1924 May 30 - 1925 May 30 | Assistant Executive, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1925 May 31 - August 21 | Leave and travel to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
1925 August 22 - 1926 June 30 | Student Officer, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
1926 July 1 - September 28 | Leave and travel to Tientsin, China (sailed on USAT Thomas, August 20-September 28, 1926) |
1926 September 29 - 1928 February 22 | 15th Infantry, Tientsin, China |
1926 October 1 - December 15 | Commander, Provisional Battalion, 15th Infantry |
1926 December 6 - 1927 April 30 | Commander 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry |
1927 May 1 - October 31 | Regimental Executive Officer, 15th Infantry |
1927 November 1 - December 23 | Commander, Provisional Battalion, 15th Infantry |
1927 December 24 - 1928 February 22 | Regimental Executive Officer, 15th Infantry (trip to Korea and Japan, September 5-25, 1927; trip to Japan, September 22-October 30, 1928) |
1928 February 22 - June 30 | Post Executive Officer, Tientsin, China |
1928 July 1 - 1929 April 16 | Chief of Staff, United States American Forces in China (detached service for one month effective March 10, 1929; trip to Korea and Japan, March 10-April 1, 1929) |
1929 April 17 - May 31 | En route to the U.S. ( USAT Grant, April 17-May 7, 1929, to San Francisco and then New York via Panama, May 14-31, 1929) |
1929 June 1 - July 9 | Leave and travel to Fort Benning, Georgia |
1929 July 10 - 1930 May | Instructor in Tactics, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1930 May - 1933 May 30 | Chief of First Section (Tactics) and Instructor, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1933 June 6 - 1935 May 19 | Reserve duty in San Diego, California |
1935 April 20 - June 4 | Leave and travel to San Francisco, California |
1935 June 5 - July 6 | En route to China ( USAT Grant) |
1935 July 7 - 1939 May 13 | Military Attaché to China and Siam, Peking, China (26 field trips within China and Siam) |
1939 May 13 - August 14 | Leave (Indo-China, Siam, Malay, Java, and Philippines) and en route to the U.S. ( USAT Grant, July 24-August 14, 1939) |
1939 August 16 - September 23 | Leave and travel to Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
1939 September 24 - October 8 | Commander, 3rd Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
1939 October 8 - 1940 June 28 | Infantry Commander, 2nd Division, Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
1940 July 1 - 1941 July 25 | Commanding General, 7th Division, Fort Ord, California |
1941 July 25 - December 23 | Commanding General, 3rd Corps, Presidio of Monterey, California |
1941 December 24 - 1942 January 23 | Washington, D.C. (planning North African invasion) |
1942 January 23 - March 4 | Planning, assembling staff, and en route to China |
1942 March 4 - 1944 October 26 | Chief of Staff to the Supreme Commander of the China Theater; Commanding General of U.S. army forces in the China Theater of Operation, Burma, and India (o/a June 22, 1942, evolved to Commanding General, China-Burma-India Theater); and subsequently Deputy Commander, Southeast Asia Command |
1944 October 26 - 1945 January 22 | En route to the U.S., leave, and waiting for new assignment per verbal instructions from General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff |
1945 January 24 - June 21 | Commanding General, Army Ground Forces |
1945 June 23 - October 15 | Commanding General, Tenth Army, Okinawa, Japan |
1945 November 1 - 1946 January 19 | War Equipment Board, Washington, D.C. |
1946 January 22 - February 28 | Commanding General, Western Defense Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California |
1946 March 1 - October 12 | Commanding General, Sixth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California (observer, Bikini Atomic Bomb tests, June 25-July 31, 1946) |
1946 October 12 | Died at Presidio of San Francisco, California, at age 63 |
1904 June 15 | Second Lieutenant |
1911 March 3 | First Lieutenant |
1916 July 1 | Captain |
1917 August 5 | Major, AUS (accepted August 21, 1917) |
1918 August 26 | Lieutenant Colonel, AUS (accepted September 11, 1918) |
1919 May 6 | Colonel, AUS (accepted May 10, 1919) |
1919 September 14 | Returned to grade of Captain |
1920 July 1 | Major |
1928 May 6 | Lieutenant Colonel |
1935 August 1 | Colonel |
1939 July 1 | Brigadier General (accepted August 5, 1939) |
1940 October 1 | Major General, AUS (aaccepted October 2, 1940) |
1942 February 25 | Lieutenant General, AUS |
1943 September 1 | Major General, Regular Army |
1944 August 1 | General |
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