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To: Fiddlstix

I heard the stories about General BlackJack Pershing


He was called Blackjack because he led and praised black troops. But ‘Blackjack’ wasn’t his real nickname by his fellow officers. It was something else. Newspapers of the time cleaned it up a bit. (Don’t know if that rates tearing down of his statues or not).


40 posted on 08/17/2017 3:21:44 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu
Please see my Post #27. I am well aware of his Nickname "BlackJack" and the why anf how of it all
41 posted on 08/17/2017 3:28:36 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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