12 Facts About Pershing Rifles

1.

Pershing Rifles became a National organization in 1928 expanding to include several other universities, with companies consisting of drill teams as well as tactical units.

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2.

Mission of the National Society of Pershing Rifles is to aid in the development of successful officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

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3.

Pershing Rifles is a leadership development program with a foundation in close-order and exhibition rifle drill.

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4.

Pershing Rifles wished to increase the morale and discipline of the battalion there, as well as to increase support for the Cadet Corps throughout the university's staff and community.

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5.

When Pershing Rifles left Nebraska in 1895, at the request of a committee, he gave to the company a pair of his cavalry breeches.

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6.

Finally, after a year of negotiations, Nebraska's Pershing Rifles Riflemen approved Ohio State's formal application of 13 May 1925.

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7.

The 1930s were the first Golden Age of Pershing Rifles, which saw so much sustained growth that it had expanded its structure to emulate the organization of the World War I US Army Infantry Division.

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8.

Pershing Rifles again closed its doors in 1943, this time as a result of World War II.

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9.

Active and alumni Pershing Rifles Riflemen went off to war, serving with distinction and valor.

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10.

In 1955, Pershing Rifles produced and released a documentary, "The Highest Ideals".

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11.

Coed Affiliates Pershing Rifles, established in 1966, were the first officially recognized female auxiliary to the Society which established units alongside Pershing Rifles units for decades until it was disbanded in the 1980s.

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12.

Pershing Rifles Group is incorporated in the state of Delaware and is a registered 50110 not-for-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Service.

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