Built in the small town of Laclede, Gen. John J. Pershing’s boyhood home has become a state historic site and a piece of ...

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Gen. John Pershing would officially designate Gunther as the last American soldier killed in World War I. He was one of approximately 2,750 men who died that morning — casualties of the six-hour ...

Eighty-five years ago this week, thousands of cheering men, women and children lined Quad-City streets to welcome Gen. John Pershing. The triumphant visit by the general who led American forces to ...

Standing portrait of General Pershing with his head turned slightly to the proper left as he scans the battlefield. He raises field glasses up to his eyes with his proper right hand and holds his hat ...

On Sept. 12, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces under commander in chief Gen. John J. Pershing launched its first major offensive in Europe as an independent army. The U.S.-led attack occurred in ...