U.S. Army press officers in London had insisted that Lieut. General Lesley J. Mc-Nair, trainer of the Army's ground fight ing forces, had been killed by the enemy. But too many-people knew better, and last week the tragic truth came out. Able, respected "Whitey" McNair had been killed by a bomb dropped from a U.S. plane.
Like many a plain front-line G.I., General McNair was hit by a wild salvo dropped in the heavy air preparations for the Normandy breakthrough (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS).
Death from the errors of fellow soldiers is an...
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