1860-1948 US, Laclede, Missouri
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A.k.a. John Joseph Pershing
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Pershing is the only person to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army—General of the Armies. Pershing holds the first United States officer service number (O-1). He was regarded as a mentor by the generation of American generals who led the United States Army in Europe during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, and George S. Patton. Born: September 13, 1860 Died: July 15, 1948
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From The Battlefields Of France / Loyalty | John J. Pershing / James Watson Gerard | 1918 | Album |