John J. Pershing

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John J. Pershing is the only American to ever be promoted, in his own lifetime, to the rank of General of the Armies.

John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (Thursday, September 13, 1860 – Thursday, July 15, 1948), was the General in the U.S. Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) to victory over Germany in World War I, 1917–18.

He rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, and he also allowed all-black units to be integrated with the French army.