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John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), [a] nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general who served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.
John J. Pershing (1860–1948), commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and America's first General of the Armies; David Dixon Porter (1813–1891), admiral, Union Navy, Civil War, most notable as the Union naval commander during the Vicksburg Campaign, a turning point of the war which split the Confederacy in two
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 ...
The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The park, which has existed since 1981, also contains the John J. Pershing General of the Armies commemorative work.
John J. Pershing. The historic properties, places and items pictured are the following: The Pershing House – Built in 1884. General John J. Pershing, stayed in this house, named in is honor, in 1922. [12] The Original Fort Headquarters – Built in 1880, Now the Fort Huachuca Museum. The Fort Huachuca Museum opened in 1960 and serves the Fort ...
Black Jack was foaled January 19, 1947; was named in honor of U.S. Army General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing; [2] [Note 2] and came to Fort Myer from the cavalry remount station at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, on November 22, 1952. [1]
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 ...
[1] [5] His parents met in Nogales, Arizona, while his father was a U.S. Army cavalry officer serving under General John Pershing. Carmen Moreno was born in Mexico but was already a naturalized American citizen before she married James H. Angleton in December 1916. [6]