1948 - General Pershing - Nation’s Top Soldier Buried at Arlington

General Pershing - Nation’s Top Soldier Buried at Arlington Coffin lying in state in the rotunda of the Capitol. Politicians pay respects including Sec. of State George Marshall. Exterior, long line of people queue to pay respects. Interior people including veterans, mothers & children pass coffin. Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Clark and others stand in salute as coffin is brought out to caisson. Funeral procession through crowd lined streets to Arlington Cemetery. Mourners follow, marching in rain. Funeral cortege arrives at Arlington. President Truman bows his head. Family mourners. Taps played. Military Funeral; Post-WW2; Army Hero; Post-WWII; Obituary; 1948;