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John F. (John Frank) Morrison
1857–1932
A career Army officer who also wrote influential military manuals, he helped shape how generations of American soldiers studied tactics and leadership. His books grew out of deep practical experience, from frontier service to senior command in World War I.
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Training Infantry
by John F. (John Frank) Morrison
About the author
Born in New York in 1857, John F. Morrison built a long military career after graduating from West Point in 1881. He served in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, the Pancho Villa Expedition, and World War I, eventually rising to the rank of major general.
Morrison is especially remembered for his impact on military education at Fort Leavenworth, where his teaching and writing helped make the post a major center for tactical study. Several of his works, including Training Infantry, Seventy Problems, and Lectures on Patrols, Advance Guards and Outposts, were written to turn battlefield experience into practical lessons for officers and soldiers.
He died in 1932, but his reputation lasted well beyond his lifetime. The U.S. Army later honored his influence on professional military education by attaching his name to a military history lectureship at Fort Leavenworth.