Howard Koslow: Joseph Stilwell

Artist: Howard Koslow
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1984
Image Size: 12 by 13.75 inches
Overall Size: 18 by 20.625 inches
Medium: Acrylic on Cold Press Illustration Board

His given name was appropriate, for the Warrens were distinguished American military leaders. But the name by which General Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883-1946) was popularly known -- "Vinegar Joe" -- refers to his refusal to ingratiate himself with others, and to the demands he placed on those around him. He labeled himself "unreasonable, impatient, sour-balled, sullen, mad, hard, profane, vulgar," but the caustic Stilwell could have added "iron-willed." As a high school senior trying to meet the height requirement for West Point, he once stayed in bed for a week, on the theory that he could stretch himself a quarter of an inch. When he was dispatched to the China-Burma-India theater of the war in early 1942 -- a job George C. Marshall called the "most impossible job" in World War II -- Stilwell was a major general and regarded as the best corps commander in the entire Army. After the rapidly advancing Japanese cut off the supply road to China, Stilwell was forced to march his remnant command out of Burma. "Many of you will hate my guts," he warned, "but I'll tell you one thing: you'll all get out." He was 59 and suffering with jaundice and eye problems. Donning his WWI campaign hat, Tommy gun slung over his shoulder, Stilwell led 114 others as they hacked their way through Burmese jungles, slogged across Monsoon-swollen rivers and climbed steep mountains. Fourteen days and 140 miles later they reached India alive. The next year he returned to Burma to defeat the Japanese.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Commemorative PFCD for America's Greatest Military Heroes series, cancelled March 19, 1992.

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