John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) was commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. John J. Pershing was born at Laclede, Missouri, on Dec. 13, 1860. He graduated from West Point in 1886 with an outstanding record....

Stanley Jones recalls standing outside his home in England, watching open-mouthed as an American warplane arced toward the ground behind a plume of smoke, its engine alternately sputtering and roaring.The plane was one of thousands of American aircraft swarming over Britain in July 1944 to...