Lieut. General Lesley J. McNair, in charge of training all U.S. ground forces, went on a tour of command posts on the U.S. II Corps front last week to get a feel of war.
As he stood on a hill watching troops move forward, a shell exploded close by. A four-inch fragment tore across his left shoulder and smashed the tip of his collar bone. A splinter about an inch and a half long pierced his helmet and came to rest against the base of his skull. The General walked to a jeep, rode three hours to a hospital, was operated...
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