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McNair Barracks

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McNair barracks Lichterfelde Berlin
McNair barracks Lichterfelde Berlin

The McNair Barracks was a US Army installation in Lichterfelde, a locality in southwest Berlin, Germany. The barracks were named after Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, an American Army officer who served in World War I and World War II and was killed in an infamous friendly fire incident on 25 July 1944 in the Battle of Normandy. The barracks housed the Infantry and Artillery units of the U.S. Army Berlin Brigade.

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McNair Barracks
Harry-S.-Truman-Allee, Berlin Lichterfelde

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Harry-S.-Truman-Allee 3
14167 Berlin, Lichterfelde
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