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Joseph Stilwell diary transcript (20)
Collection TitleJoseph Warren Stilwell papers
Author
Stilwell, Joseph Warren
(1883-1946)
Date Created1924
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Stilwell spent the first half of 1924 completing the Advanced Officers' Course, Infantry School, at Fort Benning, Georgia. On May 30 he began duties as assistant executive at Fort Benning, continuing there through the end of 1924 and beyond.
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Record Number51001.38
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Often the diaries contain short notes and observations made by Stilwell. Some of those entries he incorporated into the daily entries, some he later crossed out, some were simply meant to remind him of something, and some are so cryptic they make no discernible contribution to the diaries’ historical significance. In those cases such entries have not been transcribed. When they are of interest or add to the daily entries, however, they have been incorporated into the transcripts.
The diaries were Stilwell’s private writings and notes; he never intended others to see them. Some of the language used was commonly accepted during the periods in which they were written; it is not appropriate or valid to apply today’s standards to it to draw conclusions about Stilwell’s character or views. Writing about some of the language and labels in the diaries, Barbara Tuchman, in her book Stilwell and the American Experience in China, makes the following statement, “Lesser vulgarities he used easily and seemingly without pejorative content.”
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf958006qb
RightsUsed with permission. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.
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