Johnson, William
August 20, 2026
William J. Johnson, a retired El Paso resident, was credited with saving Francis Warren Pershing, the young son of Gen. John J. Pershing, during a fatal house fire in San Francisco on August 27, 1915. Johnson, then nearly 73 and employed by the Pershing family after years of Army…
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