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Pershing Life Marked By War Service And Leadership
The obituary notes John J. Pershing spent years at Walter Reed in Washington after a long career as General of the Armies and World War I commander. It details his push for national preparedness, his influence on successors like Marshall and Patton, and his last years including a 1937 envoy visit to England and France.
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John Joseph Pershing
A.E.F
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Pershing
United States
Japan
Pershino
Gen
E C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
John L. Hines
Charlies P. Summerall
Douglass MacArthur
Malin Craig
George C. Marshall
Hitler
Junkers
State Department
Congress
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Marshal Philippe Petain
France
David Lloyd Ecree
Britain
Lloyd George
America
Cuba
Philippines
England
George VI
Westminster Abbey
Versailles
French Academy of Moral and Political Science
May Pershing
Tucson
Ariz
Army Tar
Blic
Black Jack” Pershing