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609 Acknowledgments I wish to acknowledge all of the assistance and support that I have received during my years of work on this project. Above all, the encouragement and support of Dr. Roger Cirillo, director of the Association of the United States Army’s Book Program, have been critical to my success from the very beginning. Linda Hein of the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln was untiring in her efforts to answer my inquiries and supply information about Pershing’s time at the University of Nebraska. Jennifer Payne, archives assistant at the Norwich University Archives and Special Collections in Northfield, Vermont, was most generous in providing information and materials on Colonel Frank Tompkins , who played a critical role in the Mexican Expedition. Waldette Cueto of the American Historical Collection at Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, in Quezon City, Philippines, responded faithfully to my questions about American personnel in the Philippine Scouts and Constabulary. Over a number of years now, the staff members of the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress have always been not only helpful but also completely understanding to my many requests for assistance. To them I offer my thanks for safeguarding what Jack Pershing has left to the American people. What they have done for Pershing’s textual records, the staff at the Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs Division has done for his numerous images. My special thanks go to Stephen Wrinn and his exceptional staff at the University Press of Kentucky for their infinite patience in working with me on this manuscript. As always, their editorial and publication production skills have made this manuscript into a fine book. I must also add Derik Shelor, my editor, whose fine eye fortunately caught many problems I overlooked. Most of all, I want to thank my wife, Mary Ann, who suffered through my numerous trips to the Library of Congress and my endless hours of working through the manuscript, for her perseverance , good cheer, and love during what must have seemed like a neverending project. ...

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