Lesley James McNair Papers 1904-1945 (bulk 1941-1945)

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Lesley James McNair Papers 1904-1945 (bulk 1941-1945)

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012156

Army officer. Correspondence, air travel log, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to McNair’s military career.

425 items; 2 containers plus 11 oversize; 1.6 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357595

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944

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Brigadier General Lesley James McNair (1883-1944) was born in Verndale, Minnesota. He was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy on Aug. 1, 1900, and upon graduation on June 15, 1904, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. McNair was promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant on July 1, 1905; to captain on May 29, 1907; to major on May 15, 1917; to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on Aug. 5, 1917; to colonel (temporary) on June 26, 1918; and to brigadier general (temporary) on Oct. 1, 191...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...