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Born in Linn County, Missouri, September 13,
1860. He graduated from West Point in 1886. He was a military
instructor at University of Nebraska where he received his Bachelor
of Law degree in 1893. He was an instructor in tactics at West
Point in 1897 - 1898. He was sent to the Philippines where he
served with the operations against the fierce Moro tribe.
Assigned to Military Attache in Tokyo in 1905
- 1906. Jumped to rank of Brigadier General in 1906 from Rank
of Captain in the Regular Army. On duty in Philippines 1906
- 1908 and 1909 - 1914 in charge of the United States Troops
sent to Mexico.
In 1917, he was selected to command the A.E.F.
and was appointed to rank of Full General. On July 1, 1921,
he was appointed Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He was Commander-in-Chief
of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. He retired
September 13, 1924. He died on July 15, 1948.
General Pershing received the American Legion
Department of Missouri Distinguished Service Award posthumously
in 1967, the first year the award was given.
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