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There is a common error in this article in the sentence "Kenney received the four stars of a full general...". There is no such rank as "full general," refering to pay grade O-10, nor the similar error of "full colonel," refering to pay grade O-6. A four-star general's rank is simply "general." Suggested rewording: "Kenney was promoted to general on..." Frankwomble 12:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
One man's error is another man's slang term. The problem is that the term "general" can be used generically to refer to all grades of general officer, just as "colonel" can be used generically to refer to both grades of colonel. It's true that terms like "full colonel," "bird colonel," "chicken colonel" and "full bird" aren't official grades, but they serve to remove the ambiguity, and therefore have a useful purpose. Whoever penned the phrase in question was a little redundant, because he or she mentioned the four stars in addition to throwing in the "full general" bit, but on occasion, over-explanation might not be useless. I'm not assuming that the writer thinks the term "full general" appears in the TOE, so I'm not assuming that there is an "error" here. Terry J. Carter (talk) 17:27, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Am I the only one who thinks that the section relating to WW 2 is somewhat thin? From general knowledge, I seem to remember that Kenney was involved in many major operations as well as what some might consider internal military political situations as the chief Army Air Force Commander on MacArthur's staff. I don't have any references on hand, but it would improve the article to add some referenced WW 2 material to the article. --TGC55 (talk) 23:17, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
I did a check on the Arlington online search and it didn't find a record for George Churchill Kenney. I would think a fairly prominent person would have been referenced in the online lookup. -- Avanu (talk) 03:58, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Binkie, this is fascinating stuff. I have started to expand the article. Feel free to change or expand anything you don't like. Keep digging! See if you can get to the bottom of this. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
173.13.129.233 (talk) 23:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)I am new to this whole editing thing for Wikipedia, but I just can't help trying to correct misinformation about my Grandfather's burial site. My name is James Arthur Kenney, and I am the second son of Col. William Richardson Kenney (who by the way is buried in Arlington). I am our family historian, and I have a great deal of information about George Churchill Kenney I (the General). My older brother is George Churchill Kenney II and was born on January 1, 1944 (not 1946). The General had four wives, not two. My father's mother was Hazel Dell Richardson, and died while giving birth to my father, who was born on Sept. 17, 1922. GCK then married Alice Maxie, who was his wife from 1923 through 1956(?) when GCK divorced her and married "Sally" (?) My father assisted his step-mother, whom he regarded as his mother, during the divorce, and this led to a breakdown in communications between my father and GCK. Later, I believe, "Sally" was divorced and GCK again remarried, on which occasion he and my father were reconciled. I note that your article cites MacArthur's Airman a book about GCK. I communicated with the author extensively and he kindly cited my contributions in his book, if you look it up. I'm surprised by the picture of the gravestone, because i don't know any Sarah Elizabeth, and I though that the person who was buried at Arlington was his daughter Julia, in anticipation of the General's demise. Ironically, the military does not usually bury family members at Arlington but I was told by my father they made an exception for GCK because they expected him to be buried there. The family who chose not to have him buried in Arlington was not that of his descendent's but that of his 4th wife (whose name I don't know, but could find out if you want.) That family, from whom we are all estranged, inherited all of GCK's military honors. Creepily, he was born on August 6th and died on August 9th, the dates of the atomic bombings of Japan. My older brother told me that GCK had the option to pick the day of the first bombing and chose to do it on his birthday. (Gen'l GCK was in command of the AAF in the Pacific at the time...he did not have the option of whether to drop the bomb, only which day). I am somewhat haunted by this decision.173.13.129.233 (talk) 23:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
James, I am new to Wikipedia talk as well....but I have information on George Churchill Kenney's 4th wife. Her name was Jeanette Nelson born in 1931. She married James "Baney" Laughlin (son of Joseph Laughlin and Anna Hurley) around 1952 in Pennsylvania. Jeanette gave birth to their only son, James Laughlin(Stehlin) a couple months after her 1st husband passed away in an Army tanker wreck on the Delaware River in 1953. She then married her 2nd husband, Col. Joseph Stehlin (born 1898 Brooklyn, New York) in 1958 Dade County, Florida. Col. Joseph Stehlin adopted her son, James Laughlin and he took the name Stehlin from then on. Col. Joseph Stehlin passed away in 1967 Dade County, Florida. Jeanette then married General George Churchill Kenney sometime after his 3rd wife, Sarah Elizabeth died in 1970 and of course before 1977 when George passed away. Jeanette and George lived in Dade County, Florida. I am in the midst of digging through family papers to find out what exact year they married and to find out what year she died. She was significantly younger than her 2nd and 3rd husband so I am also trying to find out if she remarried a 4th time. If I find out any other pertinent info I will let you know. Sleepinggoddess13 (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia page on Allied Crimes of War (" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_war_crimes#cite_note-48 ", this person ordered the killing of Japanese survivors: On 4 March 1943, during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, General George Kenney ordered Allied patrol boats and aircraft to attack Japanese rescue vessels, as well as the survivors from the sunken vessels on life rafts and swimming or floating in the sea. This was later justified on the grounds that rescued servicemen would have been rapidly landed at their military destination and promptly returned to active service.[48] These orders violated the Hague Convention of 1907, which banned the killing of shipwreck survivors under any circumstances.[49], and "justified" his orders for military "reason". this is not mentioned in the article at all, which constitutes a selective viewpoint. The article must mention this grave matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.180.20 (talk) 23:03, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
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