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Subject: PERSHING, JOHN J. (1860-1948)
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AMERICA IN FRANCE, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, to be in paris now that pershing's there!
Last Line: To make the round world safe for man . . . O god, that I were young!
Subject(s): Pershing, John J. (1860-1948); World War I; First World War


PERSHING AT THE TOMB OF LAFAYETTE, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR    Poem Text                    
First Line: They knew they were fighting our war
Last Line: "only this -- ah, but france understood! ""lafayette, we are here!"
Subject(s): Lafayette, Marie Joseph, Marquis De; Pershing, John J. (1860-1948); World War I; First World War