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Typed Letter Signed, Washington January 23, 1942, to Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants Jr., Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Order of the World War, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Quarto, one page, some light toning, left hand corners creased, written on Pershing’s Washington letterhead.
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Pershing regretfully declines the
invitation to be present at the annual banquet of the Pennsylvania Commandery.
Pershing, John Joseph (1860-1948)
American army commander, born in Linn County, Missouri; graduated U.S.M.A.,
West Point (1886). On frontier duty to 1898; served in Cuba (1898) and the
Philippines (1899-1903). U.S. military attache, Tokyo (1905-06), and with Kuroki’s
army in Manchuria (1905); brigadier general, U.S. Army (1906); in command of
Department of Mindanao; suppressed Moro uprising (1913); commanded
expeditionary force sent into Mexico in pursuit of Francisco Villa (1916).
Promoted major general (1916); commander in chief, American Expeditionary Force
(1917-1919); promoted general (1917); chief of staff U.S. Army (1921-24);
retired from active service. Author of My Experiences in the World War
(1931; awarded Pulitzer history prize, 1932).
