one of the officers fighting with the valor was john j pershing. as cited for his personal gallantry and his commanding officer said, pershing is the coolest man under fire i ever saw. when the stars and stripes were raised in victory, pershing said it lifted up out of ourselves, it was the soldiers all day maria. the spanish-american war demonstrated his courage but it remained for a subsequent event in the newly acquired philippine islands to bring out his qualities as a diplomat. his assignment was to subdue the tribe. this was following the spanish-american war. pershing, now a captaining when their friendship. an exhibition of military and diplomatic skills that attracted the attention of the authorities in washington. president theodore roosevelt personally applauded his accomplishments and in 1905, while serving as u.s. observer of the war between japan, roosevelt promoted him from captain to leak in your general over 862 officers. in 1915, he was in command of the southwestern division along the mexican border, defending american interest be

.>> the commander was general john j pershing. he did command african-american troops. step over and look at the headquarters flag which flew over his headquarters in france. general john j pershing was actually from missouri. not far from the national world war i memorial and this was his headquarters flag and in 1918, the society of wesley college awarded him a special honor of making him an honorary member of the society. this was very important because his wife, frankie was a member of that society and she and his three daughters died in a fire at the presidio in san francisco three years before you. he had not gotten over morning the license -- life of his wife and daughters. he was so touched that he sent them this flag so they would have that as a remembrance of frankie and a few years ago one of the trustees of wellesley college got it donated from the college to the museum and it has held a place of pride ever since. one of the tools that general john pershing had at his disposal was one of the first tanks developed during the war. tanks were used on a limited b

what do you feel is the legacy of general john j. pershing? d he felt that all people and nationalities deserved the same chances and education and training were the most important things and then truth. eric: sandy pershing, granddaughter in law of general john j. pershing, certainly we could say america and europe owes him and all of the troops enormous debt of gratitude. we thank you and we thank your family and we thank you for sharing the general's story today as we hon for hi honor his momomentous weekend. >> and all of his soldiers. eric: of course. thank you. arthel: what a wonderful lady and a wonderful legacy. we move on to this, every nfl team is honoring members of the military and their families, a very special guest up next will explain how you can help this veterans day. let's be honest. every insurance company tells you they can save you money. save up to 10% when you bundle with esurance. including me, esurance spokesperson dennis quaid. he's a pretty good spokesperson. ehhh. so when i say, "drivers who switched from geico to e

on the september 12, 1918, american expeditionary force launched under the command of general john j pershingaunched their first independent operation of world war i. on "american artifacts," we travel to northeastern france to with the story mitchell yockelson to visit a few locations and learn about the battle of saint-mihiel. a town just inside of bulge that the germans had occupied since 1914. to begin this story, here is a portion of a 1960 u.s. army film that gives a brief sketch of the operation. >> in late july, 1918, general pershing created the first united states army under his command. and immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces at one point on the line. that point was saint-mihiel. ♪ the germans had held an area 25 miles since early in the war. penetrating the allied lines 16 miles, it enabled the enemy to harass operations. more than half a million first army troops assembled for the task of crushing it out of existence. 15 infantry divisions were moved into position. by the end of the day on september 11, 1918, the first army was ready for its first independen

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general john j pershing commander of the american , expeditionary forces, called the expertise of the women telephone operators. more than 1700 women applied and just over 200 served in europe with the army. their services are documented in personnel files, now in the national archives at st. louis, the collection of archival civilian personnel records. yes, that is civilian records. war is because after the the women were not deemed eligible for military benefits despite their army service. it took until the 1970's for the hello girls to receive the benefits due to them as the first female army veterans. in both the military and civilian centers, we preserve the records of millions of men and women who served their country. throughout the centennial of of observance the national archives , is showcasing the unparalleled world war i holdings and the stories continued in them. to find out more about hello girls and their place in world war i, we turn to elizabeth cobbs. dr. cobbs is a historian, novelist, and documentary filmmaker. she works at texas a&m and is a research fellow at sta

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