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General John J. Pershing died 60 years ago today (VANITY)
07/15/08

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.


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1 posted on 07/15/2008 1:52:21 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

I drive through his home town from time to time.


2 posted on 07/15/2008 1:58:02 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Borges

3 posted on 07/15/2008 1:58:06 PM PDT by zeugma (Mark Steyn For Global Dictator!)
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To: Borges
I just completed ready Jeff Shara's excellent historical novel, "To the Last Man"! I highly recommend it. It presents a fascinating look into General Pershing!

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!

4 posted on 07/15/2008 1:59:15 PM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: Redleg Duke

Oops, I meant “reading”, not “ready”. It is a great book, none the less!


5 posted on 07/15/2008 2:00:17 PM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: Borges
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?
6 posted on 07/15/2008 2:02:42 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: Borges

The guy who invented ‘pork bullets’!


7 posted on 07/15/2008 2:04:03 PM PDT by Zevonismymuse
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To: Borges

My grandfather served with him out of Ft. Bliss in the campaign against Pancho Villa.


8 posted on 07/15/2008 2:04:33 PM PDT by angkor (Conservatism is not now and never has been a religious movement.)
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To: angkor
"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 ;-)

9 posted on 07/15/2008 2:06:11 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Borges
Just before World War I, there were a number of terrorist
attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines by;
you guessed it, Muslim extremists.
So General Pershing captured 50 terrorists and had them
tied to posts execution style.
He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them
in front of the now horrified terrorists.

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.
***
Above is not proven true or false!

10 posted on 07/15/2008 2:07:21 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto!)
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To: gidget7

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.


11 posted on 07/15/2008 2:11:13 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: angkor
General Pershing was the first military man to use tactical aircraft against an enemy. His first aviator was Benjamin Foulis. His Wright Model A would fly recon missions as Pershing chased Panco Villa along the boarder.

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!

12 posted on 07/15/2008 2:16:45 PM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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To: Borges

Wow. My dad marched in his funeral procession in Washington. When did we get that old?


13 posted on 07/15/2008 2:19:14 PM PDT by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar/Feathers '08)
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To: Borges

One of my more famous relatives. Great, great, great Uncle by marriage (through Helen Warren.)


14 posted on 07/15/2008 2:25:55 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Borges

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.


15 posted on 07/15/2008 2:29:08 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Joe 6-pack
"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 ;-)

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.

16 posted on 07/15/2008 2:29:15 PM PDT by DallasDeb ((a.k.a. USAFA2006Mom!))
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

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.


17 posted on 07/15/2008 2:29:56 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Borges
The Last Salute: Civil and Military funeral, 1921-1969 Chapter IV. General of the Armies John J. Pershing. State Funeral 15-19 July 1948.

A very interesting history of his funeral by the US Army Center of Military History.

18 posted on 07/15/2008 2:30:44 PM PDT by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar/Feathers '08)
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To: angkor
My grandfather served with him out of Ft. Bliss in the campaign against Pancho Villa.

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.

19 posted on 07/15/2008 2:31:30 PM PDT by Ghengis (Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
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To: Redleg Duke
Good Lord, Grandpa musta been shaking in his boots. What a great story!
20 posted on 07/15/2008 2:34:58 PM PDT by SF Republican
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