“General Pershing’s legacy is enormous. He grew up in poverty, worked as a farmer and a schoolteacher, chased Apache, pacified the jungle, and commanded millions of men…Pershing brought the military from obsolete to elite. He overcame immense challenges in outfitting, shipping, and organizing a brand-new army of millions.

Pershing’s life was a series of immense triumphs and the deepest tragedies. He suffered through immense challenges, but he never showed signs of breaking. Poverty, disease, the deaths of his family, and the deaths of tens of thousands of his own men failed to slow him. Instead, he marched on in spite of his tribulations, making a life that stands as a testament to American tenacity.”