Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. FIRST ARMISTICE DAY ANNIVERSARY, WASHINGTON, D.C

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. FIRST ARMISTICE DAY ANNIVERSARY, WASHINGTON, D.C

1919

Senators Bert M. Fernald and Duncan U. Fletcher; Congressmen Rufus Hardy, John F. Miller, and Clarence F. Lea; Gens. Pershing and Barnett; the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments; the 63rd Infantry Reg't; and other servicemen participate in the planting of two California Redwood trees in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., on November 11, 1919.

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Barnett, George, 1859-1930

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George Barnett (b. Dec. 9, 1859, Lancaster, Wisconsin-d. April 27, 1930, Washington, D.C.), major general in the U.S. Marine Corps, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1881 and was transferred to the Marine Corps. He served on the USS Iroquois, the USS Vermont, the USS San Francisco, the USS New Orleans, and the USS Chicago. He was assigned to the First Brigade of Marines, serving in the Philippines in 1904 and 1905, and after duty at Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., he was Ma...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...