American general John J. Pershing, the second military officer to receive the six star General of the Armies in the United States Army, played a prominent role in the first World War as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces. This group, under Pershing's direction, was responsible for aiding British and French forces on the Western Front in 1918, leading up to the conclusion of the war. During this time Pershing was known to have clashed with French Field Marshall Ferdinand Foch, regarding the role that his men were to play in the grand scheme of the war. He was also a strong advocate of the general health of his men, and noticing the horrible effects of trench foot on soldiers, invented a new style of boot intended to protect his men from this disfiguring affliction of the first World War.
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