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Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 – July 25, 1944) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He attained the rank of lieutenant general during his life; he was killed in action during World War II, and received a posthumous promotion to general .
29 de oct. de 2015 · One of Operation Cobra’s most costly casualties, General Lesley J. McNair, came from friendly fire. By Brian Todd Carey. As Allied bombs rained down from B-17s and B-24s on their own men to open Operation Cobra, a three-star general was visiting the front lines: Commander of Army Ground Forces Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair.
17 de dic. de 2009 · McNair, who had already received a Purple Heart for being wounded in the North African Campaign, was killed in his foxhole July 25, 1944, near St. Lo during Operation Cobra, by an errant aerial bomb dropped during a pre-attack bombardment by heavy strategic bombers of the Eighth Air Force.
General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the U. S. Army on JSTOR. Journals and books. Mark T. Calhoun. Raymond Callahan. J. Garry Clifford. Jacob W. Kipp. Allan R. Millett. Carol Reardon. Dennis Showalter. David R. Stone. Copyright Date: 2015. Published by: University Press of Kansas. Pages: 464. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt19w71x1.
General Lesley J. McNair demonstrated an innovative spirit and exceptional intellectual capacity in his efforts to organize and train the U.S. Army for World War II. The influence he exerted on Army doctrine, training, equipment development, unit organization, and combined
27 de ene. de 2017 · Lesley J. McNair in his office at the Army War College (NDU Special Collections) McNair was a straight talker. Years before Patton made his colorful speeches to the 3 rd Army in 1944, McNair gave the entire Army and the Nation a “blood and guts” speech on Armistice Day, December 1, 1942.
23 de oct. de 2023 · General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the US Army: https://store.nationalww2museum.org/g... Mark Calhoun, PhD, Military Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and ...
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