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P/R Life of JJP
Pershing Rifles Pledge Manual Life of John J. Pershing
Question | Answer |
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Birth | 1860 (13 SEP) |
Role Model | George Washington |
Attended West Point | 1882 (SEP) |
Graduated West Point as 2LT | 1886 |
First Assignment | 1886 with 6th Cavalry in New Mexico |
Professor at University of Nebraska | 1891 |
Company A takes 1st at Omaha Drill Competition | 1892 (45 man team practicing 2 times a day) |
Company A renamed Varsity Rifles | 1893 |
Pershing Rifles founded | 1894 |
Pershing leaves University of Nebraska for 10th Cavalry | 1895 |
PR loses prestige | 1911 |
PR disbanded | 1917 |
PR reborn | 1920 |
National Headquarters established | 1928 at University of Nebraska |
First Female Pledge | 1971 at NCSU |
First Female active member | 1972 at FSU |
First female commander | 1980 Paula R. Harmon |
Teaches at West Point | 1895-1898 |
Returned to 10th Cavalry for Cuban Campaign | 1898 |
Promoted to Captain | 1898 (En route to Philippines) |
Promoted to 1LT | 1892 |
Married to Helen Francis Warren | 1905 |
First Child Born | 1906 Daughter Helen |
Promoted to Brigadier General | 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt over 862 officers: 257 Captains |
Second Child Born | 1908 Daughter Anne |
Third Child Born | 1909 Son Warren |
Fourth Child is Born | 1912 Daughter Mary Margaret |
Family Killed in Fire | 1915 (27 AUG) Only son Warren survives |
Assigned to pursue Poncho Villa | 1916 |
Returns to America from Mexico | 1917 |
Selected to lead American Expeditionary Force (AEF) | 1917 |
Promoted to Major General with temporary rank of Full General | 1917 |
Leads America's Army through the St. Mihiel Salient Offensive | 1918 |
Returns to America from Europe as a hero | 1919 |
Serves as Chief of Staff of the Army | 1919 |
Promoted to General of the Armies of the United States | 1919 |
Retired from Active Duty | 1924 at 64 years old |
Death | 1948 dies at Walter Reed hospital |