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  • General Joseph Stilwell far right scowling as he poses with Mountbatten, who is flanked by Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell in Chungking, the wartime capital of China.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • General Joseph Stilwell far right scowling as he poses with Mountbatten, who is flanked by Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell in Chungking, the wartime capital of China.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Commander of Army Service Forces Gen. Brehon B. Somervell blamed "a person ... sympathetic to the Axis" (meaning, it turned out, O'Donnell) for the rumors 'spread, although he admitted that he did not know whether the stories were actually "inspired by the Axis."

    Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

  • On October 16, Stilwell was told by the chief of the Army Service Forces, General Somervell, “The G-mo says I must be relieved.”

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • “General Somervell informs me that the United States installations in China are now practically completed… despite the financial problems which arose to disturb the cordial relations of this government with the Chinese government.”

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • Somervell, chief of the Army Service Forces, and Sir John Dill, the British representative of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, to see him in January 1943.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • Money; Oil; Pakistan; Peace; Power; Security; Somervell; Washington (less ...)

    B. Bhutto, FDR, Reclaiming Illicit, 9,000% Profits, Amid Silence From Candidates 2008

  • In 1947 a scholar named D. C. Somervell squeezed the first six volumes into a single abridged edition, which became an instant bestseller.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • In 1947 a scholar named D. C. Somervell squeezed the first six volumes into a single abridged edition, which became an instant bestseller.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • In 1947 a scholar named D. C. Somervell squeezed the first six volumes into a single abridged edition, which became an instant bestseller.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

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