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Alfred Emile Cornebise

The Life and Career of

Brig. Gen. Frank "Pinkie" Dorn (1901-81)

EXTRAORDINAIRE

Cover image: During the May 1942 "Walkout" from Burma, Gen. Joseph Warren Stilwell (right) makes the trek with his aide, Col. Frank Dorn immediately behind him. (Courtesy of US Army.) used by US troops in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. iiiDedication vAcknowledgments ument from her father, Dr. William Brooks Langston Jr., who had obtained it from Frank Dorn. I also thank her for permission to publish photograp hs viipage

Contents

............v .....................xiii

Chapter 1

- The Beginnings: California, West Point,

Chapter 2

- Dorn Arrives in Asia: The Philippine Islands,

Chapter 4

- Fort Ord and The Presidio of Monterey, California, ....................91

Chapter 8

- China, Burma and India: The CBI, February 1942 to .................101

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Appendix A

- ............................221

Appendix B

- General Stilwell and Generalissimo Chiang viiipage Appendix C - ..................................................229

Appendix

D - Dorn as Chef .................................................................. Annotated Bibliography .......................................................................

About the Author

ixpage

Illustrations

...21 ..........................44

Figure 4. Map of China-Burma-India Theater.

Mayao, Burma.. ........................................................................ .............102 makes the trek with his aide, Col. Frank Dorn.. ................................... pistol to a baggage bearer.. Kunming, China. ........................................................................ ............111 ......112 Figure 12. North Burma transportation and supply routes in 1942 as well ..........121 ers working under Stilwell and himself in North Burma ......................

Jinx Falkenburg USO troupe at Paosnaw, China.

.................................129 x Figure 18. Joseph Warren Stilwell with Dorn. ...................................... the Salween River. ................141 ..142 on the Ledo-Burma Road bound for Kunming, China. ........................ Ledo-Burma Road bound for Kunming. ............................................... ....149

Mao Zedong.

page xi ..200 The Forbidden City: The Biography of a Palace. ................................209 page xiiiIntroduction Now I know that great men have no other function in life than to help us to see beyond appearances: to relieve us of some of the bur den of matter - to "unburden" ourselves, as the Hindus would say. - Jean Renoir individuals, the dramatis personae revealing details of their lives. One unusual player on the world stage dur- ing the years from the 1920s and beyond World War II was a member of when she inspired Dorn to embark upon the venture of writing about his

Pen-wei wen-hua

that of the West. lied China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of operations in World War II and xiv extraordinaire. 1

Life of Samuel Johnson

relating all the most important events of it in their order, but interweav- 2

I have de

xvNotes unpublished autobiography, ( circa William Brooks Langston Jr., who had obtained it from General Dorn. I have my thanks. I further wish to thank her brother, William Brooks Langston III, for Box 1, Folder 2. In addition, see a report at https:apps.westpointaog.org/Memori- Conmy, History of the Dorn Family: California Pioneer Settlers of Green Valley

2. James Boswell,

The Life of Samuel Johnson

1

Chapter 1

The Beginnings: California, West Point,

and Fort Sam Houston, Texas Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men"s virtues or vices may be best discerned, but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest shall distinguish a person"s real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most import ant battles.

Life of Alexander

In the end, memory creates its own reality.

- Salmon Rushdie arid, inhospitable world." 1 made their various ways to the United States. One was his grandfather, emiah thereupon enlisted in the US Army, establishing another tradition 2 2 his bride, Ella, eventually settled in Green Valley, near Watsonville, Cali-

PhD at the University of California at Berkeley.

Frank was born.

4 at the stone gates were no doubt too tough to fool around with. Nonethe 3 Dorn wrote that he was enthralled by the Exposition. There was an they had nevertheless "made their marks on history."

At the display, Dorn

forms, being on parade, at drill, riding over jumps on a dashing horse." "had known what he wanted for me . . . and what he had wanted for 8 4 ist friend, Dorn noted that "I had been drawing everything I saw with pen 9 Institute of Art on California Street. The Institute enjoyed a national repu 10 ribbon in the portrait division, greatly thrilling his family. Dorn was swept along on the national tide of patriotism—putting his ar- 5 attempted to enlist. The sergeant, however, phoned his father regarding 11 panel of several prominent California artists, the best posters would be theaters showed newsreels "of me blinking into the sun with my winning many trips on trolleys to view his winning posters enlarged about eight times on the large outdoor bulletin board. 12 the painter of the 20th Century." Nevertheless, his short-lived paign to interest his son in applying for an appointment to West Point and 6 mental exams with the highest average of the group but unfortunately had the greatly disappointed Dorn. test should be easily done. Indeed, Dorn passed with the highest grade, 14 ment. She was also greatly disappointed and noted that "it all seems so life." Then, he wrote that "the magnitude of what I was doing to myself he- 7 All too soon, he was underway, bound for the future. Dorn rather forlornly

Indeed,

what. I was free." As he and others in the same boat trudged up the hill from the train station, "without warning, a snarling, shouting group of up they himself to survive the weeks and years ahead. 18 hatred for what was happening around him but was pleased that the in its meaning deserves." Indeed, "the retreat parade sent a shiver or two up and down my spine," he admitted, "and still does." Therefore, despite 8 had given their lives to preserve all that they stood for." 19 20 mother, who lived in an old nearby hotel and, as Dorn opined, ran most of 21
9 22
gram that his mother had died early that morning, the results of severe asthma that she had endured for a long time. Dorn noted that "suddenl y Artillery, the Cavalry, to the "more plebian and less dashing Infantry." Dorn was pleased to have made it into the Field Artillery, though he had Regarding the military establishment in San Antonio, Dorn noted the 10 supply of pretty girls and their hospitable families resulted in numerous military weddings. The negative side of military life was also present. there was widespread opposition to the military and naval establishments naval bases were established, for example, signs on lawns read: "No dogs 24
three siblings eventually agreed that they were wrong to assume that they owned their father and resented sharing him or his time with anyone else. named him Walter Everett Jr. 11 riod, Dorn and many others he knew set sail for the Philippines on the

US Army transport Thomas,

Thomas." The Thomas

Philippine Department.

the 29-day voyage, the

Thomas

the ship entered Manila Bay and on into Pier Three, nearer shore, "as an they had arrived. 12 Notes

8. Autobiography, 102.

10. Autobiography, 108.

12. Autobiography, 119-20.

Frank Dorn Papers, Box 1, Folder 4.

See his book,

A General"s Diary of

Treasured Recipes

19. Autobiography, 140.

Custer"s Trials. A Life on the Frontier of a

New America

1324. See the poem "Tommy" in Rudyard Kipling, Complete Verse (New

15

Chapter 2

Dorn Arrives in Asia: The Philippine Islands,

May 1926 to July 1929

Far more important to Frank Dorn than his initial three-year station- China and World War II, rested upon foundations established in the years chinelas- 1

Flag Is Lowered," 1-221

16 warm darkness." 2 Almost as impressive was his drive the following day on palm-lined Dewey Boulevard along the bay to the Polo Club. There,

Ever the sightseer, Dorn

hired an auto for a look at Manila and its impressive sights. There was the impressed with the ever-shifting stage sets with "varying props and de sleeves; women with exposed breasts at stream banks beating the dirt out 4

Then, too, there was the view of

the Philippines." Neither did anyone else, "but that yarn made the people 17 of their blossoms—yellow—was that of the Cavalry. Similarly, poincian- as the 24th Field Artillery area. Elsewhere within the Post, side streets and roads were densely shaded by enormous "rain" trees. In addition, bright green air plants (aerophytes) bougainvillea, white dama de noche luggage was unloaded and stowed away. One of the boys knew a Chi In his autobiography, Dorn set forth in great detail about the lives, himself, partook of sexual adventures there and did not spare himself in 18 that the women were often the "rusty nail" in these matters. admitted later that by this time he had emerged as a bit too wild. Conse tretemps of this magnitude. As Dorn wrote by way of explanation, life at and rutting around." Mass at Sapang Bato, the enlisted barrio just outside of the Post proper; troops. When the attendees arrived, the artillery band, "more blaring than 8 19 tered Mount Pinatubo. 9

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, the "woolly haired" pygmies who hunted and roamed through the length were longer than they were tall, most men being 4½ feet and wo men about 4 feet. Their arrows and arrowheads had undergone several stages depending on what game was being hunted. Some of these people lived in small villages at the lower levels of the mountains, but most remaine d 10

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the northwest slopes of Mount Pinatubo were known to be killers, and some had slain Philippine troops on hunting expeditions. In the early the Negritos൵ grew up to be six-foot "pygmies." 20 and to the northwest the troops observed a silver gleaming and sparkling involved in divisional ten-day maneuvers mounted south of the town of Angeles extending to the northern end of Manila Bay. Dorn was then or- Bataan when the Japanese invaded the Philippines in early 1942. Following this expedition, Dorn was summoned by the Stotsenburg Dorn agreed, informing the General that it would take about a month to 21
of Peking. 11 22
12 thought that she tried too hard to be ingratiating and though she exhibited a friendly, lively outgoing nature, Jean failed to make any lasting impression Then gyrations would end with an "assault" on Stotsenburg. By this time, Dorn had been appointed assistant adjutant of the 24th Field Artillery Regiment 23
perhaps denoting a growing maturity. with Dorn going along. The ten-day venture ended in failure. As Dorn de in the Zambales Mountains. visitors. 14

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