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the Burma jungles.
In compliance with custom, one
shot was fired from the Preside
ceremonial gun at pm. and each
half hour afterward until retreat.
A full 17-gun salute was fired and
four f1ourishes and ruffles were rem
dered in Gen. Stilwells honor at a
special S pm. retreat ceremony.
Presiding over the ceremony was
Maj. Gen. George P. Hays, deputy
commander of the 9Th Army, who
assumed Gen. Stilwells command
until successor is appointed; Brig.
Gen. Frank D. Merrill, Gen. Still
wells chief of staff who shared
many of his trials and adventures
in Burma; and Col. George S. Sliney,
Headquarters commandant at the
Presidio.
The general had an operation
October 3 for the liver ailment. His
condition became critical Wednes-
day, and he grew progressively
weaker.
Gen. Stilwell rarely wore decora-
tions, but the army gave him on his
death bed the one he had said he
most coveted:
Was Often Decorated.
It was the combat infantryman's
badge, which is awarded only fol
extended fighting at the front
against the enemy.
The leathery commander, who hao
repeatedly exposed himself in com.
bat, had told his soldiers the medal
was one of the Army's highest hon.
ors. Gen. Stillweu received it yes
terday. He already had the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the Dis.
tinguished Service Medal with clus.
ter and Legion of Merit. He also
held the French Legion of Honor.
Gen. Stilwell served as chief o1
staff to Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek, directing Chinese offensives
against the Japanese until October
1914, when major disagreements be-
tween Chang and the American
general became apparent. The prin-
cipal contention was over the uses
to which the Chinese were putting
American war equipment.
Then the War Department re-
called Gen. Stilwell and placed him
in the Pentagon in Washington as
commander of the Army Ground
Forces.
Took Over on Okinawa.
His desk failed to hold him long
Gen. Stilwen was touring Pacific
battlefronts when 1t. Gen. Simon
B. Buckner, jr., was killed in action
Succeeding Gen. Buckner as COM
mander of the 10th Army June 81
1945, Gen. Stilwell drove his forces
to quick completion of the Okinawa
Campaign.
On August 81, 1s45, he accepted
the surrender of the Ryukyus Islanc
from the japanese.
He told his troops in Fourth o1
July speech that he wasn't going te
get off a lot of baloney about youl
heroic deeds and glorious victories
This has been a tough fight-no-
body but the men who fought II
can possibly realize how tough"
Returning to the United States on
deactivation of the 10th Army, Gen
Stilweil became commander of the
reactivated 9Th Army February %
1916. His command consolidated
Army forces in the Western part OF
the Nation and succeeded the war
time Western Defense Command.
Five Children Survive.
The generals widow is the for
mer Winifred Alison Smith of Syra-
cuse, N. Y. The surviving members
of the family include his sons, Col
Stilwell, liaison officer to the Cana
dian army at Edmonton, Alberta
and Benjamin W., student at STAN
ford University; three daughters
Mrs. e. F. Easterbrook OF Fort Ben
ming, Ca; Mrs. William E. Cox OF
San Francisco and Miss Alison Still
well of San Francisco: a brother
John, of Ardenwold, n. Y, and a
sister. Mrs. Stuart Wilder of New
ton, Conn.
His widow said she would like to
ulacea memorial tablet to his men,
ory ct West Point. She requested
that any friends who wished to send