Prints and Photographs Collection
Coke R. Stevenson
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In the top photo, Governor Stevenson rides on horseback in a parade in Fredericksburg in 1946. In the bottom photo, he stands on the reviewing stand with General Jonathan Wainwright. Images are shown at 150% size.
Wainwright had taken his first command in 1906 with a cavalry unit on the Texas border. Over the years, he was stationed at Texas forts at various times. In October 1940, Wainwright was assigned to duty in the Philippines under General Douglas MacArthur. When the Japanese onslaught began, MacArthur left the islands and Wainwright assumed command of Bataan and Corregidor. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese along with his men and held for 3½ years in Japanese prison camps. Wainwright was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor at war's end and assigned to command of the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. After he retired, he made San Antonio his home.