Direktlänk till inlägg 20 november 2013
What lies behind the evocative names of John "Black Jack" Pershing and Tasker Bliss ? Yes, it was John "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB ( Hon) (1860 - 1948) highest ranking U.S military, Army- General of the Armies , and his chief of staff General Tasker Bliss , who in 1917 came to Paris to scuot for U.S participation in the 1st World War. The American commander in chief had a hard time hiding his impatience over the continental lateness, inorganization and baloney, but smiled at the crowds who shouted " Vive l' Amérique " :
- Don´t it beat hell!
A man from the Midwest with a popular expression without worrying about syntax. So he became four-star general. With Pershing's troops turned the war. 81,000 American soldiers were killed . From here originate the American habit - never eradicated - to pull out on crusade for high ideals. Here in Afghanistan - the Forgotten War - 2,292 U.S soldiers fallen so far.
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