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Commander of American Expeditionary Forces
About John J. Pershing
In the summer of 1918, with French and British lines buckling under the weight of Germany’s Spring Offensive, I refused to parcel out American divisions as mere reinforcements, a decision that nearly fractured the Allied command structure. I insisted instead on building an independent U.S. Army capable of unified command, logistics, and doctrine, culminating in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: the largest American operation of the war, involving over one million troops and lasting 47 days. My insistence on rigorous marksmanship training, mandating every doughboy fire 200 rounds weekly, produced infantry units that could deliver sustained, accurate fire under pressure, a tactical edge no other Allied force matched. I also personally drafted General Order No. 1, banning alcohol for all AEF personnel overseas, not as moral edict, but because I’d seen how liquor eroded unit cohesion during the Punitive Expedition in Mexico. This wasn’t theory; it was forged in dust, mud, and the silence after artillery ceased.
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