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Lesley J. McNair

Lesley James McNair (25 May 1883 – 25 July 1944) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army who served in both world wars, and previously saw service in the Veracruz occupation and the Pancho Villa Expedition. During World War I, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front. At 35, he became the Army's second-youngest general officer. During the early stages of World War II, he was the commander of Army Ground Forces, and played the leading role in the organization, equipping, and training of Army units before they departed for overseas combat. He was killed on 25 July 1944 while in France as commander of the fictitious First United States Army Group, part of Operation Quicksilver, a deception plan for the invasion of Normandy. McNair died when the US Eighth Air Force attempted to use heavy bombers in support of ground combat troops, and several planes dropped payloads short of their targets. He received a posthumous promotion to general. (Full article...)

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