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...proud of the First Lady the White House had for so long. She and Madame Chiang Kai-shek have my vote for the two greatest ladies of this...
Behind the resurgent Chinese armies (U.S.-trained, U.S.-supplied, U.S.-supported) was the cool, clear organizing and strategic brain of a tall, tactful American, the commander of all the U.S. forces in China and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's chief of staff-Lieut. General Albert Coady Wedemeyer. He was the youngest (48) of U.S. theater commanders and one of the least known to the U.S. public. But all of his past now seems like a long (sometimes circuitous) march toward his predestined task in China...
Marching through Berlin. Five years later Lieut. Wedemeyer was sent out to the 15th Infantry at Tientsin, China. The vast, stirring nation, slowly shaping from revolutionary chaos into a modern nation under the hand of young Chiang Kaishek, fascinated the U.S. officer. He studied Chinese. But Wedemeyer turned down a chance for a career in the China service. In 1934 he was back...
...Chinese side, Generalissimo Chiang streamlined the command of his field forces, began to clean up the worst abuses of a chain-gang system of local conscription. Now the Generalissimo works out basic strategy with Wedemeyer, transmits his orders directly to his field commanders. Wedemeyer informs McClure and McClure's network supervises the execution. But in action, Chinese officers are solely responsible. The result is that U.S. officers train and fight alongside Chinese infantrymen and artillerists. The Americans have set up veterinary, signal corps, transport and general staff schools to teach U.S. techniques. These institutions were conceived by General Stilwell...
...Paper work and conferences were endless. The stream of visitors at the General's Chungking headquarters includes diplomats and production experts as well as military personnel. But from 4 to 5 each afternoon is reserved for the Generalissimo-and often Wedemeyer uses the hour to call on Chiang...