Black Jack Pershing Love and War chronicles the historic life of WWI General John J Pershing Pershings US troops overcame a better trained and equipped German Army to help the Allies win World War I Americas success in the Great War turned our nation into a global superpower To do that Pershing had to overcome personal tragedy and heartbreak that may have given him the extraordinary strength to command US troops in WWI Relying on extensive personal letters photos films and diaries from Pershings life this documentary covers his arduous childhood days in Missouri his West Point military training his time as a US Cavalry officer who commanded black soldiers and Native American scouts Pershings search with 10000 US troops for Mexican revolutionary General Pancho Villa and Pershings rise to become Americas only activeduty sixstar general as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI Written by Bernard McCoy
