Three Stars, Two Fragments

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 on, said: "I'll be back there soon. I'm looking for my clothes now. The shoulder doesn't hurt any. After another good night's sleep I'll be ready for war again." But his doctors thought that the first U.S. lieutenant gen eral to be injured in World War II would be out of action for several weeks.

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