John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) was born on 13 September 1860 in Laclede, Missouri. After a period spent as a schoolteacher at Prairie Mound, nine miles from Laclede, Pershing (known as 'Black Jack Pershing') entered a competitive examination for an appointment to West Point in spring 1882; his primary aim being to secure further education. Pershing won the exam and went to West Point. Although not an especially outstanding student (graduating 30th out of a class of 77) he was noted early on by officers for his leadership qualities. He was elected president of the class of 1886, and each year held the highest rank in the Cadet Battalion. Pershing commanded the Corps of Cadets when it crossed the Hudson from West Point to Garrison to stand and present arms while the funeral train of Ulysses S. Grant passed by. Pershing took up duty as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska in September 1891, a post he held for four years. During his varied military career Pershing performed frontier duty against the Sioux and Apache from 1886-90, where he won the Silver Star Medal; fought in the Cuban War in 1898; in the Philippines in 1903, cleaning up the Moro insurrectionists; and with the Japanese army during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5, as an observer. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1906. This was followed by the Mexican Punitive Expedition (of 10,000 men) to capture Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1915. Following the U.S. declaration of war against Germany in 1917, Pershing
mother:Ann Elizabeth Thompson
father:John Flitcher pershing
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his nickname is black jack
he was born on Sept.13,1860 in Missouri
he was a guy. He wasn't just A GUY, he was a general, you ding dong! (not the person who asked the question, but the person who originally answered)
US Commander of all Expeditionary Forces in WWI
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