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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. World War 2. Sep 11, 2017 Russell Hughes, Guest Author. Left: McNair as Army Ground Forces commander. Right: US Army soldiers and jeeps on their way to the front lines, Saint-Lô, France, 1944.
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).
XML. George C. Marshall once called him "the brains of the army." And yet General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944), a man so instrumental to America's military preparedness and Army modernization, remains little known today, his papers purportedly lost, destroyed by his wife in her grief at his death in Normandy.
After McNair’s death in 1944, the official historians at Army Ground Forces found enough documents McNair had collected over the course of his career to fill several boxes, but these documents consist almost exclusively of official correspondence. McNair famously maintained an incredibly arduous work schedule throughout his career.
13 de abr. de 2024 · [General Lesley J. McNair - Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army] | C-SPAN.org. December 9, 2023 | Part Of 2023 International Conference on World War II. General Lesley J. McNair - Unsung...
