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Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944) was a United States Army officer who served during World War I and was killed in action during World War II; a lieutenant general, he was posthumously promoted to general. McNair was a field artillery officer with a background in the Ordnance Department. During World War I he helped train the 1st Division, and was then chief of artillery training on the staff at the American Expeditionary Forces headquarters. At age 35, he became the Army's youngest brigadier general. McNair's experience led to his assignment as commander of Army Ground Forces in 1940, where he played a leading role in the organizational design, equipping, and training of Army units before they went overseas. His focus on officer education, innovative weapons systems, improved doctrine, realistic combat training, and development of combined arms tactics enabled the Army to modernize and perform successfully on the battlefield. He was killed by friendly fire during the Battle of Normandy. (Full article...)
Billmckern (and anyone else interested): thoughts and edits are welcome. This is the last batch of blurbs for older FACs for a while. This one was written by Gog the Mild. - Dank (push to talk) 03:49, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Dank: I think this works. Concise, precise, hits the important highlights.
- Billmckern (talk) 07:06, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
- Pinging Gog, I'm sure he'll want to see your kind words! - Dank (push to talk) 11:35, 22 December 2019 (UTC)