Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians
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Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians
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Photo and bio of General John Joseph Pershing, or John Pershing, "America's Commanding General in France" during World War I and nicknamed Black Jack Pershing. Born in Linn County, Missouri, near Laclede, Missouri, in 1860 and starting out as a teacher and lawyer before entering the military as an Indian fighter in the Southwest in the 1880s-1890s, then engaging in the Spanish-American War before leading troops against Mexican leader Pancho Villa just before World War I and then entering France during the war.
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Creator: Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin
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1923
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General John Pershing (1860-1948) died in Washington, D. C., and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery near there.
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920.07 S55
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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