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General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the US Army. 223 likes. The first complete account of General Lesley McNair's extensive and varied career--a career that con
25 de jul. de 2020 · Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair had a better claim to that complaint. The 61-year-old was one of the most respected men in the Army, a 1904 West Point graduate who was considered one of the service’s brightest minds and played a significant role in shaping doctrine and training methods. What he didn’t have in World War II, however, was a field ...
Campus Overview. The Inter-American Defense College (IADC) is located on the Fort Lesley J. McNair Army Post in Washington, D.C. The campus currently includes four facilities. The main building, #52, contains executive offices, the Salon de Actos ceremony room, an auditorium, student breakout rooms, and staff office space.
21 de sept. de 2012 · Lt. General Lesley J. McNair was killed in action in Normandy, France, when U.S. bombers dropped their payload too early, killing him and many other Americans. The highest-ranking US officers killed during World War II were four lieutenant (3-star) generals. Two died when the planes they were flying in crashed, and the other two were killed in ...
23 de oct. de 2023 · Mark Calhoun, PhD, Military Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy and the author of General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Arch...
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15 de may. de 2015 · The accepted wisdom portrays Lesley J. McNair as a key figure in the fielding of the American Army that went on to defeat its German, Italian, and Japanese opponents in World War 2. Because the Americans started preparing for the war much later than the Axis or Allies, the US Army is portrayed as borrowing ideas from enemies, friends, and its experience from World War One.
Lesley James McNair (25. maj 1883 – 25. juli 1944) var en amerikansk officer som gjorde tjeneste under 1. verdenskrig og var general i 2. verdenskrig. McNair og Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. , der begge var generalløjtnanter , da de blev dræbt, var de højest rangerende amerikanere, der blev dræbt i kamp under 2. verdenskrig.
