Joseph W. Stilwell

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United States Army general human

Joseph W. Stilwell was a prominent U.S. Army general in World War II, best known for his leadership in the China-Burma-India theater and his efforts to support Chinese forces against Japan.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Joseph W. Stilwell canonical	11
Joseph Stilwell	7
Stilwell	3
General Joseph Stilwell	1
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell	1
Stilwell, Joseph	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) Legion of Merit ⓘ
burialPlace	Presidio of San Francisco ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1883-03-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1946-10-12 ⓘ
describedBySource	U.S. Army historical records ⓘ World War II histories of the China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point
familyName	Joseph W. Stilwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stilwell
fieldOfWork	military logistics ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
givenName	Joseph ⓘ
hasPartInMotto	"I claim we got a hell of a beating" (comment on Burma retreat) ⓘ
hasRole	Allied theater commander in Asia ⓘ advisor to Chinese Nationalist government ⓘ
influencedBy	U.S. Army professional military education ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy for better equipment and training for Chinese troops ⓘ direct and blunt leadership style ⓘ strained relations with Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
languageSpoken	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
nickname	Vinegar Joe ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ organization of the retreat from Burma in 1942 ⓘ support for Chinese Nationalist forces against Japan ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
participantIn	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Burma Campaign China Burma India Theater ⓘ surface form: China-Burma-India Theater of World War II construction and use of the Ledo Road ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Palatka, Florida, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
positionHeld	Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia Command ⓘ commander of U.S. forces in the China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ
serviceNumber	O-2559 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Joseph W. Stilwell
Description of subject: Joseph W. Stilwell was a prominent U.S. Army general in World War II, best known for his leadership in the China-Burma-India theater and his efforts to support Chinese forces against Japan.

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CBI Theater → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Burma campaign → commander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

China Theater → keyCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Ledo Road → namedAfter → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Chinese Expeditionary Force → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Pacific theater commands → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Joseph W. Stilwell → familyName → Joseph W. Stilwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stilwell

Mary Stilwell → familyName → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stilwell

Siege of Myitkyina → commanderForAllies → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

China Burma India Theater → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

Merrill's Marauders → underCommandOf → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Joseph Stilwell

South East Asia Command → deputyCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

Operation Go → opponentCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

Tenth United States Army → commander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell

Vinegar Joe → refersTo → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Vinegar Joe → familyName → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

subject surface form: Joseph W. Stilwell

this entity surface form: Stilwell

United States Army Forces in China, Burma, and India → commander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

United States Army Forces in China, Burma, and India → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

NRA (China) → commander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

this entity surface form: Stilwell, Joseph

Hourglass Division → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

subject surface form: 7th Infantry Division

Burma Theater → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

India Theater → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Stilwell

Northern Combat Area Command → commander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ

Northern Combat Area Command → notableCommander → Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ