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Events on Thursday 15 July 1948 1
1860 – 1948John J. Pershing (1860-1948)Died 15 July 1948, aged 87John J. Pershing, the American general who commanded United States forces in Europe during the First World War, died on July 15, 1948. He was the only American ever to hold the rank of General of the Armies during his lifetime. His command style and organizational reforms shaped the US Army for decades afterward.