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Skinny?

Do we have a source that Skinny was his nickname?? --AW 08:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The Smithsonian Channel aired a documentary Fall of Japan: In Color. In the documentary he was referred to as "Skinny Wainwright". The reference comes at the end of the program, when the Japanese are signing documents on the deck of the battleship Missouri.

My question is, did he pickup the nickname due to emaciation after 3 1/2 years as a POW in the Philippines. That question was asked below.

Jeffrey Walton (talk) 22:16, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Red Army?

"Wainwright was then held in prison camps in northern Luzon, Formosa, and Manchuria until his liberation by the Red Army[1] in August 1945." The "Red Army" link points to the Russian Red Army. I don't think the Russians were ever in the Phillipines. C. Pergiel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.211.59 (talk) 04:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then LtG Wainwright was being held in Manchuria where he was transfered from the Philippines.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 11:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Awards

Should there be a full listing of awards for the subject of this article? Individual has received multiple high level awards, including high level foreign awards. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:43, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

also he recieve the philippines highest military award the medal of valor. --taBU-1991 (talk) 9:50, 7 February 2021 (GMT+8)

Medal of Honor

I MAY be wrong, so I won't try to change it, but isn't the Medal of Honor supposed to be on a level by itself? Right now, the ribbon rack has it sharing a row.69.142.70.108 (talk) 20:15, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind my comment. I was incorrect. I just talked to someone who certainly knows, and as long as MOH is 1st, it can share a row with certain other ribbons. Sorry for the interruption.69.142.70.108 (talk) 20:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Why was he called "Skinny"

I watched a documentary on Smithsonian Channel about MacArthur, the Philippines and World War 2 called Fall of Japan: In Color. The program said "Skinny Wainwright was overlooking the proceedings on MacArthur's right shoulder" [sic] (re: the Japanese surrender on the battleship Missouri). The program went on to say he was emaciated due to 3 1/2 years as a POW in the Philippines campaign.

The article fails to discuss the reason for the nickname "Skinny". My question is, did Wainwright acquire the nickname "Skinny" due to his treatment as a POW? Or was he always thin, so he had the name before being taken as a prisoner during the war? In a broader question, perhaps the origin of the nickname "Skinny" should be discussed.Jeffrey Walton (talk) 22:10, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Some things we just "know" - he was thin, and "skinny" is a reference to that. This is a trivial issue ...

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Namesake

My name is Jonathan Wainwright Perkins. My father, Major Morris M. Perkins, served as Wainwright's aide de campe and personal pilot after picking Wainwright up from the Japanese prison camp. The fact is outlined in Wainwright's 2600:1700:F2F3:8110:B47F:E041:94C7:E512 (talk) 03:18, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wainwright Elementary School

In Tacoma, Washington (the suburb of Fircrest). Named for General Wainwright ' 2601:602:8800:B460:9850:3591:2E5E:86B8 (talk) 02:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]