The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries — Season 1, Episode 30: General John J. Pershing and His American Army
Documentary • 28 min • 3 seasons, 98 episodes
Episode synopsis
When the Great War erupted in 1914, the US remained on their side of the ocean, deeming it to be a solely European conflict. When German submarines targeted American civilian targets, the US had no choice but become involved. Placed in charge of the US military was John J. Pershing, veteran of the hunt for Pancho Villa. The Allies wanted American men thrown into the existing military system to alleviate their appalling casualties, but Pershing refused. Rather than disperse his troops among British and French forces, Pershing wanted to keep it as an American force. That resolve resulted in shaping what is now the modern American military.
About The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries
A series of documentaries covering a wealth of historical epochs touched upon in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992).
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Archaeology: Unearthing Our Past
- E2Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
- E3Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia
- E4From Slavery to Freedom
- E5Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century
- E6Ecology - Pulse of the Planet
- E7American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post
- E8Art Rebellion - The Making of the Modern
- E9Edgar Degas - Reluctant Rebel
- E10Braque & Picasso - A Collaboration Cubed
- E11Giacomo Puccini - Music of the Heart
- E12It's Opera!