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John begins active duty as a soldier
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He became a professor of millitary science and tactics at the University of Nebraska.
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he was ordered to Manila to report to the commander of the Eighth Army Corps for duty.
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Pershing was made Captain and was transferred to the 1st Cavalry.
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he served in various departmental roles until October 11, when he took charge of the post at Iligan
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When Congress met on December 7, 1903, President Roosevelt mentioned Pershing by name in his address to Congress about the Army promotion system.
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March 24, 1908, Pershing's second child, Anne, was born at Baguio.
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June 24, 1909 a son, Francis Warren, was born at Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was the only one of the Pershing Children to be born in the United States.
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December 15, 1913, General Pershing, his work in the islands now done, sailed for the United States. A civilian governor, Frank W. Carpenter, was appointed in his stead.
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When he arrived in Honolulu, December 20, 1913, he received orders to report to the 8th Brigade at San Francisco
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January 29, 1914, the 8th Brigade began their patrolling of the Mexican border.
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He received a telegram telling him of a fire in the Presidio in San Francisco, which had robbed him of his wife and three daughters.
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September 25, 1916, Pershing was made Major General.
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the United States declared war on Germany.
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In September of 1918 Pershing led his men in the reduction of the St. Mihiel Salient. This was the first victory of the first United States Army in the first entirely U.S. operation.
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In 1921, he was appointed Chief of Staff. During his tenure of office he designed the new permanent framework of the U. S. Army.
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In 1924, at the age of sixty-four, he retired from active duty.
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In 1931 he published My Experiences in the World War
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John J. Pershing passed away at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington D. C. And was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
