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General John J. Pershing

Improvement Era, vol. 20, no. 9, July 1917, p. 796

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Photo copyright by Underwood & Underwood. GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING General Pershing, commander of the United States Army in Europe, ar- rived in England on the 8th of June, and was received with enthusiasm and feted by the king and the public; and on the 13th of June he reached Paris, where he received a tumultous welcome as he proceeded through the thronged boulevards by the side of "Papa" Joffre. His response was characteristic- ally unconventional, and smacked of the simplicity and sincerity of west- ern America. (See p. 354, February Era, 1917.)