Pershing
Expeditionary Forces commander
Pershing refers to John J.
Pershing (1860–1948), the American general who commanded U.S. forces in World War I.
His name appears in military contexts: Pershing Square, Fort Pershing.
The Pershing missile was a U.S.
Army ballistic missile system deployed during the Cold War, named in his honor.
Widespread, not specialized
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- West PointU.S. Army academy
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
cavalry · Pancho Villa · Black Jack · expeditionary · brigade · division · corps · officer
Elongated ground excavations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- doughboysWWI American infantrymen
- Western FrontFranco-Belgian combat zone
- Allied victorySuccessful end for partners
infantry · artillery · no man's land · mustard gas · Lafayette · troop transport · ceasefire
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- familyRelated people together
- lineageDescent from progenitors
German-American · Alsatian · Missouri · descendants · relatives · kindred · patronymic
general
Widespread, not specialized
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- West PointU.S. Army academy
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
strategy · cavalry · Pancho Villa · Black Jack · expeditionary · brigade · division · corps · officer · uniform
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- doughboysWWI American infantrymen
- Western FrontFranco-Belgian combat zone
Allied victory · infantry · artillery · no man's land · mustard gas · Lafayette · troop transport · ceasefire
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · German-American · Alsatian · Missouri · descendants · relatives · kindred · patronymic
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- WWI LeadersHindenburg, Kitchener, Beatty, Moltke, Diaz
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
- generalsgeneral, four-star general, brigadier general, three-star general, major general
- U.S. GeneralsEisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Grant, Lee
- Boat BrandsHatteras, Hinckley, Viking, Bavaria, Bertram
- military leadersGeorge Washington, Napoleon, generals, general, commander