John Pemberton on their "Know Your Enemy" album called "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children". The song, which could be viewed as a sarcastic anti-American rant, contains the line 'J.S. Pemberton saved our lives'. In the Fallout video game series, the soft-drink Nuka-Cola (based on Coca-Cola) was invented by a man named John-Caleb Bradberton. The name comes from an amalgamation of John Pemberton and Pepsi creator Caleb Bradham. The character's look and mannerisms are based on both men. John Pemberton John Stith Pemberton ( – ) was an American pharmacist whom is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May
John C. Pemberton Black River, where he fought and suffered even more heavy losses on May 17. Pemberton resolved to defend Vicksburg and led his defeated men back into its defenses on May 18. In the process, he gave up the high ground on Hayne's Buff which Sherman had failed to take in December. Johnston had advised him that if this ground should ever fall, Vicksburg would be untenable, and that he should escape with his army of 31,000, sacrificing the city. Pemberton refused to take this advice. He held firm for over six weeks, while soldiers and civilians were starved into submission.