General Pershing, George Grantham Bain Collection
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Photograph shows General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing (1860-1948), who served as head of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date on photograph "11/12/18" probably reflects later date of publication, one day after the armistice.
Caption:"Gen. Pershing, just after decorating and reviewing men of the Eighty-fourth Brigade, Forty-second Division. All decorations were for bravery at Chateau Thierry. Bulligny, France. September 7, 1918."
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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