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- Richard G. Stilwell
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- General Richard G. Stilwell
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category: "Military"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Military
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summary: "Retired U.S. Army four-star general who arranged John B. Alexander's transfer to INSCOM, bringing psychic research into military intelligence."
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born: 1917-02-24
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died: 1991-12-25
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location: "Buffalo, New York"
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Richard G. Stilwell (1917–1991) was a retired [[U.S. Army]] four-star general who served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He was a distinguished military figure, having participated in the Normandy Invasion in [[World War II]], served as head of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand during the [[Vietnam]], and commanded the United Nations Command in Korea[^1].
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In January 1981, Stilwell took an interest in Lieutenant Colonel [[John B. Alexander]]'s controversial article, "The New Mental Battlefield: Beam Me Up, Spock." After an informal meeting with Alexander, Stilwell arranged for his transfer to the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]] under Major General [[Albert Stubblebine]]. This move formally brought Alexander into the realm of psychic research within the military[^1].
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
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