National War College, Exterior: Looking Across River

ID: 4918 ~ Source: Horydczak, T., photographer. National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair. View of National War College from across Washington Channel. Washington D.C, None. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019684458/.
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National War College, Exterior: Looking Across River
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In 1898, the Spanish-American War exposed the U.S. military's weaknesses through uncoordinated Army units and internal issues of communication. Despite America's ultimate victory, Secretary of War Elihu Root and President Theodore Roosevelt called…