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Caption | Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell, with M1 carbine, at Myitkyina airfield, Burma, 17 Jul 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Myitkyina, Burma | |||||||
Date | 17 Jul 1944 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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C. Peter Chen says:
18 Jul 2016 05:17:25 AM
Swashbuckler, the missed word "General" has been added. Thanks for pointing this out.

18 Jul 2016 05:17:25 AM
Swashbuckler, the missed word "General" has been added. Thanks for pointing this out.
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17 Jul 2016 06:27:49 PM
There's no way Stilwell was a mere lieutenant in 1944.
According to Wikipedia he was just a couple of weeks from being promoted to four star general (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stilwell#Dates_of_rank).