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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 . A Minnesota native and 1904 graduate of the United ...
Oct 29, 2015 · 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. He would gain the dubious distinction of being the highest ranking American soldier killed in combat in World War II.
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Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, commander of the Army Ground Forces in World War II, died on an inspection visit to Normandy when a bombing attack by our own air corps, designed to support a forward ...
Dec 17, 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 Jersey and ...
Dec 9, 2023 · 1:00:10. Share This Video. Clip. Bookmark To MyC-SPAN. Clipping Guide. Author Mark Calhoun discussed General Lesley McNair's organizational and strategic influence on the U.S. Army during World ...
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Bemidji, Minnesota. Leslie McNair graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1904. As a U.S. Army Lieutenant General during World War II, he was killed by friendly fire when a USAAF Eighth Air Force bomb landed in his foxhole near Saint-L? during Operation Cobra as part of the Battle of Normandy.
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 ...
