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  1. Oct 29, 2015 · 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.

  2. Jul 22, 2010 · Again, many bombs fell short, killing 111 American soldiersAca,!"including Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, commander of Army Ground Forces who had imprudently joined front-line troops as an...

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  4. 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...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Dec 9, 2023 · December 9, 2023 | Part Of 2023 International Conference on World War II. General Lesley J. McNair - Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army. Author Mark Calhoun discussed General Lesley...

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  7. Lieutenant-General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944) 39 : Commandant Command & General Staff School 39-44: Commander in Chief Army Ground Force 41-44: Deputy Chief General Staff 44 : Killed by a Bomb, France. General McNair was the highest ranking American General to be killed in action in WW2.

  8. Middle Name: James Date of Birth: 25 May 1883 Date of Death: 25 July 1944 Rank: General Years Served: 1904-1944. Lesley James McNair. Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1904Engagements: • World War I (1914 - 1918) Biography: Lesley James McNair General, U.S. Army.

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