General John J. "Blackjack" Pershing
(*Be sure to read the story of how he dealt with Muslim Extremists at the bottom of the page)
John Joseph "Blackjack" Pershing (1860-1948) was born in Linn County, Missouri. He was a great American general who led the Expeditionary Force during World War I, and had a hand in many other campaigns during his life. General Pershing was also the Professor of Military Science at the University of Nebraska and taught tactics at The United States Military Academy at West Point. General Pershing was a strict disciplinarian, cold, distant, and demanding, but known well for being fair and just, as well as, being a tireless organizer, and a courageous leader of men.
Career Highlights
1891 - Prof. of Military Science and Tactics, University of Nebraska
1898 - Serves in the Spanish-American War
1901 - Awarded rank of Captain
1906 - Promoted to rank of Brigadier General
1909 - Military Governor of Moro Province, Philippines
1916 - Promoted to rank of Major General
1919 - Promoted to General of the Armies
1921 - Appointed Appointed Chief of Staff
1924 - Retires from active duty Education West Point
*Just before World War I, there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines by Muslim extremists. So Gen. Pershing captured 50 terrorists and had them tied to posts for execution. He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the now horrified terrorists. Muslims detest pork because they believe pigs are filthy animals. Some of them simply refuse to eat it, while others won't even touch pigs at all, nor any of their by-products. To them, eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc., is to be instantly barred from paradise (and those virgins) and doomed to hell.
The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pig blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad. The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorists' bodies and covered them in pig blood and entrails. They let the 50th man go. And for the next forty-two years, there was not a single Muslim extremist attack anywhere in the world. Maybe it is time for this segment of history to repeat itself? The question is, where do we find another Blackjack Pershing?