Pershing with 2nd Infantry Division, 1919
General Pershing, and Major General Dickman, with the officers and men of the 2nd Infantry Division, Germany, March, 1919. John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948) was a general officer in the US Army. His military career included involvement in the Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, Russo-Japanese War and the Pancho Villa Expedition. He is best remembered for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI. He was responsible for the organization, training, and supply of a combined professional and draft Army and National Guard force totaling over two million soldiers. American successes were largely credited to Pershing, and he became the most celebrated American leader of the war. In 1919 the Congress authorized the President to promote Pershing to General of the Armies of the US, the highest rank possible for any member of the United States armed forces. During the 1930s, he maintained a private life but was made famous by his memoirs, My Experiences in the World War, which were awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for history. He died in 1948, at the age of 87, of coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure.
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