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2. John J. Pershing - Wikipedia

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   Chapter IV, General of the Armies John J. Pershing, State Funeral, 15–19 July 1948 Archived August 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine in The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921–1969 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark, United States Army Center of Military History; John J. Pershing ...

3. General of the Armies - Wikipedia

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   General of the Armies of the United States, more commonly referred to as General of the Armies, is the highest military rank in the United States.The rank has been conferred three times: to John J. Pershing in 1919, as a personal accolade for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I; to George Washington in 1976, as a posthumous honor during the United States ...

4. List of last surviving World War II veterans - Wikipedia

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   The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...

5. Legislative history of United States four-star officers, 1899 ...

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   Admirals Ernest J. King, William D. Leahy, and General George C. Marshall at the White House, 1942.. From 1899, when the Navy's Civil War-era four-star grade was recreated after the Spanish-American War, through 1947, when the Officer Personnel Act defined the post-World War II military establishment, four-star grades evolved along two parallel tracks, one decorative and one functional.

6. Fort Stanton - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, Fort Stanton was used as a detention center for German and Japanese Americans arrested as "enemy aliens," and 411 German nationals taken from the luxury liner Columbus in 1939 (officially recorded as "distressed seamen paroled from the German Embassy" since the U.S. was still technically neutral at the time of their capture).

7. Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site

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   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 ...

8. George C. Marshall - Wikipedia

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   General of the Armies John J. Pershing and members of his staff standing outside the State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C., 23 September 1919. Pershing is second from left in front row. Marshall is behind Pershing. After the war, Marshall reverted to his permanent rank of captain. [49]

9. Military Order of the World Wars - Wikipedia

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   The Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is an American social organization of military officers of the United States and their descendants. It was created in 1919 as the Military Order of the World War at the suggestion of General of the Armies John J. Pershing as a fraternity for American military officers coming out of World War I.