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    Lesley James McNair (25 May 1883 – 25 July 1944) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He attained the...
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    Fort Lesley J. McNair, also historically known as the Washington Arsenal, is a United States Army post located on the tip of Buzzard Point, the peninsula...
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    National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active. The National...
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  • McNair (1889–1968), premier of New Brunswick, Canada, from 1940 to 1952 John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1828–1910), British engineer Lesley J. McNair...
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    prison during the American Civil War, currently located inside Fort Lesley J. McNair. Four Lincoln assassination conspirators, David Herold, Lewis Powell...
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    including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur. During his command in World...
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    occurred on June 17, 1864, at the Washington Arsenal (now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair) in Washington, D.C. after the Arsenal's superintendent left hundreds...
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    commands of the United States Army. Its headquarters are located at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. The missions of the units in the Military District...
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    Peter Garvin, USN as president. It is located on the grounds of Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., near the White House and the US Congress. The...
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    three other conspirators at the Washington Arsenal, now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair. David E. Herold was born in Maryland, the sixth of eleven children...
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