Black Jack

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Black Jack was the famous nickname of U.S. Army General John J. Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.

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Black Jack canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to: Légion d'honneur

Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath coronary artery disease ⓘ
conflict Pancho Villa Expedition ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Expedition

Philippine–American War ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1860-09-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1948-07-15 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Pershing ⓘ
fieldOfWork military strategy ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix General ⓘ
influenced United States Army doctrine in the 20th century ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank General of the Armies ⓘ
militaryUnit 10th Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
nickname Black Jack ⓘ
notableAchievement only person promoted in his lifetime to General of the Armies of the United States ⓘ
notableFor leadership of U.S. forces on the Western Front in World War I ⓘ
notableWork command of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Laclede, Missouri ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
refersTo John J. Pershing ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
serviceEnd 1924 ⓘ
serviceStart 1886 ⓘ
spouse Helen Frances Warren ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John J. Pershing → nickname → Black Jack ⓘ
John Vernou Bouvier III → nickname → Black Jack ⓘ
John J. Pershing → nickname → Black Jack ⓘ
subject linked to: Black Jack