General Stilwell Decorated By His Son -- Lt. Col. Joseph W. Stilwell, Jr., of the U.S. Army, pins the Distinguished Service Cross on the Winter field jacket of his father, Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, in a surprise ceremony "somewhere in China". General Stilwell, commander of U.S. forces in China, India and Burma, has boon in the Far East for 11 years. He was a U.S. military attach in China for many years before becoming Chief of Staff for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and commander of the American Army units. May 10, 1943. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).