John J. Pershing

 

 

John J. Pershing

Blake Mullet

 

  John Joseph Pershing was born September 13, 1860 in Laclede, Missouri. Pershing was sworn in as a West Point cadet in the fall of 1882. He was the promoted to the highest rank in the army. Nobody in his lifetime had ever done that. Pershing was the General of the Armies. He led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. He also got the nick name Black Jack. Perishing go that nickname because he commanded an all-black troop in the 10th U.S Calvary. John Pershing died July 15, 1948. He died because he had coronary artery diseas and he also had congestive heart failure.