The things you find on the internet. An address by General “Black Jack” Pershing from France during World War I. His voice was more sonorous than I expected, perhaps I anticipated a more clipped and prosaic pronunciation from his many years in the Army. Pershing declined to run for President in 1920 but said he would serve if the people wanted him. Pershing was a Republican, but party leaders thought he was too closely associated with Wilson’s policies. An interesting what if as to how history would have been impacted if Pershing, who lived until 1948, had been elected President in 1920.
In view of what eventually occurred in the country as a result of prohibition, Pershing was probably grateful that he did not become President although he would have saved us the ignominy of Harding.