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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.
The Moro Rebellion (1902–1913) was an armed conflict between the Moro people and the United States military during the Philippine–American War.The rebellion occurred after the conclusion of the conflict between the United States and First Philippine Republic, and saw the US move to impose its authority over the Muslim states in Mindanao, Jolo and the neighboring Sulu Archipelago.
After the September 11 attacks on the United States, a number of American urban legends began circulating that John J. Pershing had ordered the summary execution of captured enemies using bullets laced with pig blood, and whose bodies were placed in a mass grave filled with pig entrails.
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Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood. Presidio Press. ISBN 978-0-89141-009-6. Smythe, Donald (1973). Guerrilla Warrior: The Early Life of John J. Pershing. Scribner. ISBN 9780684129334. US Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860–1941. United States Government Printing, 1997. Wagner, Kim A (2024).
Noticing the Moros only fled to Bud Bagsak when provoked by government troops, General John J. Pershing devised a policy of keeping the troops in their island garrisons in the hopes the women and children would come down from the mountain cottas (fortified earthworks which were surrounded by deep ditches and camouflaged pits containing bamboo ...
All weekend long, the World War I Museum and Memorial is offering free admission to veterans and military personnel, and half-price tickets to the public in honor of Veterans Day
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 ...