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General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), [a] 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.
Pershing owes its name and school nickname to General John J. Pershing, whose American Expeditionary Forces troops — nicknamed the Doughboys — came to the aid of Allied armies fighting on the ...
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site in Laclede, Missouri, is maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site. [5] General John Joseph "Jack" Pershing led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and attained the rank of General of the Armies. Pershing was born on a farm outside ...
General John J. Pershing presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill of Company M, 60th Infantry, 5th Division, outside Pershing's headquarters at Chaumont, France, February 1919. On September 26 the Meuse–Argonne offensive began. The offensive lasted for forty-seven days and left tens of thousands dead, with many more ...
John J. Pershing General of the Armies, is a public artwork by American artist Robert White, located at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.. John J. Pershing General of the Armies was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994.
McCrea was cast as Lieutenant (later General) John J. Pershing in the 1962 episode, "To Walk with Greatness", on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days. In the early 1960s, McCrea guest starred on the CBS game program, I've Got a Secret with Garry Moore. His appearance was part of a group of entertainers related to famous ...
The National Society of Blackjacks was founded on September 13, 1967, by Pershing Rifles Company R-7, based at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. [2] [1] The date was selected because it was General John J. Pershing's birthday. John J. Pershing. [1]
John J. Pershing [19] – Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces William Sims – Commander of all American naval forces in Europe Hunter Liggett – Commander of the I Corps (1917–1918) and the First American Army (1918)