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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.
11 de sept. de 2017 · The Tragedy of Lieutenant General Lesley McNair: The Highest Ranking US Soldier Killed in WWII. Left: McNair as Army Ground Forces commander. Right: US Army soldiers and jeeps on their way to the front lines, Saint-Lô, France, 1944. Lieutenant General Lesley McNair never had the historical reputation he deserved.
17 de dic. de 2009 · Lesley J. McNair was born in Verndale Minnesota May 25, 1883, the son of James and Clara Manz McNair. He graduated eleventh in a class of 124 from the United States Military Academy and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of Artillery (1904). He then served in a series of ordnance and artillery appointments in Utah, Massachusetts, New ...
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.
Lesley J. McNair Training Philosophy for a New Army Charles E. Kirkpatrick Between 1940 and 1945 the United States Army expanded from 10 understrength divisions to the great est size in its history, fielding 89 divisions of a pro jected total of more than 200. Such unprecedented growth generated an enormous training challenge, as
