Black Jack Pershing: Love and War
2017
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Nov 9, 2017 · John J. Pershing, whose military career included a stint with the University of Nebraska Military Department (1891-1895), was once the nation’s best-known military commander. After he led U.S. forces during World War I, he was honored as the highest-ranking general in the history of the U.S. Army until his death in 1948.
Apr 24, 2015 · In 1917, as America entered World War I, General John J. Pershing was appointed commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to assist the Allied powers against German...
Pershing rightfully emerged as the most celebrated American hero of the war. Congress honored him by creating a new title, General of the Armies, and he served as Chief of Staff...
Sep 15, 2022 · Undoubtedly the most accomplished and celebrated American general of the early 20th century, John J. Pershing was famous for serving as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
May 29, 2018 · John J. Pershing was a general in the U.S. Army who led two million men to victory in World War I (1914–18). Early years Pershing was born in the small southern town of Laclede, Missouri , in 1860.
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior American United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.
May 27, 2019 · Under Pershing’s command, two million American soldiers helped break the stalemate in Europe and win the war for the Allies. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing portrait by Joseph Cummings Chase Pershing's WWI Victory Medal
