John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948) was an officer in the United States Army. Pershing is the only person, while still alive, to rise to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army-General of the Armies-equivalent only to the posthumous rank of George Washington. Wikipedia
... General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing National Staff Commander Deputy Commander Chief Of Staff Inspector General NCOIC Finance G-1, Administration G-2, Expansion and ... www.PershingRifles.com/
PERSHING John Black Jack: Memorial in Pershing Park in Washington D.C. by Robert Winthrop White (dcMemorials.com) www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000642.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for John J. Pershing. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J%2e_Pershing
While in Washington, after his return from the Philippines, Pershing met Miss Helen Frances Warren, whom he later married. www.arlingtoncemetery.net/johnjose.htm
