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27 de abr. de 2024 · Lesley J. McNair Papers, Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Box 3, Speech File, 1941-1942. McNair also had access to the periodic G-2 assessments of Allied and Axis military organizations and summaries of the progress of the war, which stressed the successes of mechanized warfare.
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 arms fighting methods placed him among the handful of generals most ...
General Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 – July 25, 1944) was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He was killed by friendly fire when a USAAF Eighth Air Force bomb landed in his foxhole near Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra as part of the Battle of Normandy. McNair, Frank Maxwell Andrews, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. and Millard Harmon, all lieutenant ...
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 Jersey and ...
7 de jul. de 2015 · Fort Lesley J. McNair began as Reservation #5 when Charles Pierre L’Enfant laid out the Capital City – Washington DC. This site showcases the book Images of America – Fort Lesley J. McNair which is available for purchase from the author. Additional research results are presented with timely blog postings that augment the book
Lesley J. McNair. Lesley James McNair (* 25. Mai 1883 in Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota; † 25. Juli 1944 bei Saint-Lô, Frankreich) war ein Offizier der US Army im Ersten Weltkrieg und Zweiten Weltkrieg, zuletzt im Rang eines Generalleutnants. Er fiel durch Friendly Fire und gehörte zu den beiden ranghöchsten im Zweiten Weltkrieg ...
