I te tīmatanga o te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika, i whakawhiwhia a First Lieutenant Pershing ki te taumata brevet me te tono i tetahi rangatira o nga kaihauturu i te Akuhata 26, 1898. I whawhai ia ki te 10th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) i Kettle me San Juan Hill
I te tau kotahi mano tekau mā ono i Cuba, ā, i whakahuatia mō tōna manawanui.