2012年8月1日 星期三

胡適 1948-49 三次與蔣介石吃飯談話/Wainwright 將軍雖降猶榮






363    1948.9.29
與傅斯年在總統官邸吃飯,傅談軍事政治,胡很少說話。「病根在作風,在人才不能盡其長。今日則人才沒有機會出頭,故我們斥一人甚易,而抬舉一人甚難。我只提出國際形勢之緊張,請政府注意早做準備,如聯合參謀本部之準備,實不可少。」

1948.10.28 367-68 向蔣介石提具體極了的10項說法,很值得一讀。
胡在美當大使有人說抗戰時武人士氣高而文人慘
現在他回國之後 發現軍隊之敗壞最令他痛心

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Jonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the commander of Allied forces in the ...

胡適講的Bataan島棄守投降是142
On April 9, the 70,000 troops on Bataan surrendered under the command of Major General Edward P. King. On May 5, the Japanese attacked Corregidor and on May 6, in the interest of minimizing casualties, Wainwright surrendered. By June 9, Allied forces had completely surrendered.


Wainwright's Medal of Honor citation reads:[4]
Distinguished himself by intrepid and determined leadership against greatly superior enemy forces. At the repeated risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in his position, he frequented the firing line of his troops where his presence provided the example and incentive that helped make the gallant efforts of these men possible. The final stand on beleaguered Corregidor, for which he was in an important measure personally responsible, commanded the admiration of the Nation's allies. It reflected the high morale of American arms in the face of overwhelming odds. His courage and resolution were a vitally needed inspiration to the then sorely pressed freedom-loving peoples of the world.

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