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Lesley J. McNair Training Philosophy for a New Army Charles E. Kirkpatrick Between 1940 and 1945 the United States Army expanded from 10 understrength divisions to the great est size in its history, fielding 89 divisions of a pro jected total of more than 200. Such unprecedented growth generated an enormous training challenge, as
Map, Access and Directions. Welcome to the National Defense University. The University is located on the grounds of Fort Lesley J. McNair in Southwest Washington D.C. between the Anacostia River and the Washington Channel. Our address is: National Defense University. Fort Lesley J. McNair. 300 5th Avenue.
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21. Sept. 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 ...
11. Sept. 2017 · Lieutenant General Lesley McNair never had the historical reputation he deserved. He never got to sit down in a comfortable chair, brandy at his elbow, and compose his memoirs. McNair never got to have the full trappings of a state funeral in his honor. Nor did his fellow Generals and West Point graduates give him glowing eulogies.
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.
