A mentor to the generation of American generals who led the U.S. Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton.
Posted on 07/15/2008 1:52:20 PM PDT by Borges
A mentor to the generation of American generals who led the U.S. Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton.
I drive through his home town from time to time.
By the way, my late maternal Grandfather was an infantryman (Doughboy) in the 42nd Infantry Division in France. When General Pershing inspected his regiment, he selected one soldier from each company to inspect. Grandpa Schulz went to get his rifle and found some SOB had taken it(Which Grandpa always kept spotless!) and left a filthy one! Grandpa got the outside clean, but not the bore.
Of course, General Pershing stopped in front of Grandpa, took his rifle and looked down the bore. God love him, he accepted my Grandpa's explanation!
Oops, I meant “reading”, not “ready”. It is a great book, none the less!
The guy who invented ‘pork bullets’!
My grandfather served with him out of Ft. Bliss in the campaign against Pancho Villa.
Your grandfather would have been right alongside my great uncle ;-)
The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pigs blood,
and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing
squad.
The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorist's
bodies and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc.
They let the 50th terrorist go.
And for the next forty-two years, there was not a single
Muslim extremist attack anywhere in the world.
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Above is not proven true or false!
Isn’t this the guy who dealt with Islamic terrorists? And ended up putting an end to it until it reared it’s ugly head again?””
Yep, this is that famous Missourian who lined up 50 terrorists, shot 49, dumped them in a pit with slaughtered pigs and let the 50th go. This is why Missouri is called the Show Me State. He showed the muslims what pigs look like up close and personal. I have been through his hometown on several occasions.
Pershing recognized the utility of the aircraft. When he returned to Washington he noted that Texas had marvelous blue skies and asked his weathermen to confirm this observation. When his observations were confirmed he convinced Congress to build aircraft training bases in Texas. So thats how San Antonio Air Base and Dallas Love field came to be constructed.
Aviation Nut!
Wow. My dad marched in his funeral procession in Washington. When did we get that old?
One of my more famous relatives. Great, great, great Uncle by marriage (through Helen Warren.)
Pershing also resisted French efforts to integrate American units piecemeal into the French Army to make up for their battle losses in favor of building a unified cohesive U.S. Army to fight the Germans in 1918.
Your grandfather would have been right alongside my great uncle ;-)
And my great grandfather, too. In fact, we have been told that he was Pershing's top aide. Don't know the truth, but we are trying to research it.
That war was the Moro War, which although almost completely forgotten, was our longest war, lasting from 1902 to 1917. One innovation to come out of that war was the .45 automatic pistol, which fired a round heavy enough to stop a fanatic Moro Muslim extremist.
A very interesting history of his funeral by the US Army Center of Military History.
I met an old fellow in a rest home once who had served on that campaign. He had some fascinating stories. He still suffered in his 90s from a bullet wound through the lung from that campaign.
He spoke with an unending respect for General "Black Jack" Pershing.
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