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John Joseph Pershing, born in Laclede, Missouri, became General of the Armies of the United States from 1914 to 1924, the highest rank ever accorded in the United States Army. In 1917 he organized in Europe the 2,000,000 men of the American Expeditionary Force and led them to Allied victory in November 1918.
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Laclede, Missouri · United States
