General Stilwell Museum

Well known for his China and Burma services, United States Army four-star General Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883 – 1946) has long been remembered by Chinese people. The Former Residence of General Stilwell has become a museum in memory of him, located 63 New Jia Ling Road (嘉陵新路63号), Li Zi Ba, Yuzhong District, Chongqing. It had been the Chongqing mansion of Tse-ven Soong (1894 – 1971), the elder brother of Soong May-ling (1898 – 2003), before the Anti-Japanese War of China (1937 – 1945).

Between 1942 and 1944, General Stilwell had held the posts of Chief of Staff of Allied Armies in the Chinese Theatre of Operations, U.S. Military Commander in Chief of China-Burma-India Theater, and the Supervisor of U.S. Aid to China and Leased Goods. He advocated fair aid to both armies of China's Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, which at that time they were jointly resisting the Japanese army.

 

  

 

 

 

Now the Former Residence of General Stilwell's bedroom, office, aide-de-camp office, conference rooms, and basement are restored to their original form after a massive renovation has been done. Daily articles used by the general such as office manuscripts and military uniforms are displayed in the museum.

 

 

 

 

The basement exhibition hall consists of six sections such as General Stilwell and China, Crusade for India and Burma, The Flying Tiger, Hump Flying, The US Army Observation Group in Yan'an, and Friendly Forever, which collected about 200 invaluable pictures of history, concerning the friendly assistant by General Stilwell to China's government and Chinese people fighting against the Fascist invasion by Japan.

 

 

 

   

 

The four World War II military vehicles from the US that are displayed outside the General Stilwell Museum were the donation by Tan Yongzhao, an American Chinese citizen three years ago. They are the treasure of the museum, and not old actually when they first came here, because they have been displaying outside for quite a long time and weathered, which could make them seem old. Some local television soap opera makers liked to borrow them when they are shooting their series.