Movie: Why America Will Win

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A. Alexander
A. Alexander

Gen. John J. Pershing as a boy

Harris Gordon
Harris Gordon

Gen. John J. Pershing as a youth

Olaf Skavlan
Olaf Skavlan

Gen. John J. Pershing

Ralph Faulkner
Ralph Faulkner

President Woodrow Wilson

W.E. Whittle
W.E. Whittle

Col. Theodore Roosevelt

Miss Irving
Miss Irving

Mrs. Daniel Pershing

Frank McGlynn Sr.
Frank McGlynn Sr.

John F. Pershing

Betty Gray
Betty Gray

Ann Thompson Pershing

Ernest Maupain
Ernest Maupain

The Kaiser / Field Marshal von Hindenburg

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    This is not a romance but the biography of the man who now leads our vast forces in France. It shows him from boyhood to his present high command, and the story of his life tells why Pershing was selected to lead the American forces overseas and how he has his own personal account to settle with the ruthless Hun.

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    1918-09-08

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    The Smashing 7-Reel Photo Drama of the Life of General J. Pershing-----Every American Should See "WHY AMERICA WILL WIN"

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    Drama

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    lost in the fox film vault fire

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