Col william mcnamara biography

First Sergeant William McNamara (c.
William McNamara was born in County Mayo, Ireland in approximately 1835.
Colonel William McNamara (Willis).

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MACNAMARA, William Nugent (?1776-1856), of Doolin, co. Clare

Family and Education

b. ?1776, 1st s. of Francis Macnamara, MP [I], of Doolin and Moyriesk and Jane, da. of George Stamer of Carnelly. m. 1798, Susannah, da. and coh. of Mathias Finucane, j.c.p. [I], of Lifford, 1s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1815. d. 11 Nov. 1856.

Offices Held

Sheriff, co. Clare 1798-9.

Maj. Clare militia.

Biography

Macnamara, a descendant of an ancient Milesian family, was the eldest son of Francis Macnamara of Moyriesk, who inherited Doolin through his mother Catherine Sarsfield. Francis, a barrister who had extensive though ‘involved’ estates, sat as an independent for Ardee, 1776-83, and was sheriff of his county, 1789-90. As Member for Clare in the 1790 Parliament, he supported government and was rewarded with the comptrollership of customs at Dingle, county Kerry, in 1795. He represented Killybegs, 1798-1800, and, by then a colonel in the British army, supposedly received a pension in lieu of the compensation of £400 he might have expected at the Union, for which he

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Hart's War

2002 American war drama film

Hart's War is a 2002 American war drama film^[3] about a World War IIprisoner of war (POW) camp based on the novel by John Katzenbach. It stars Bruce Willis as Col. William McNamara and Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas Hart. The film co-stars Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, and Marcel Iures. Directed by Gregory Hoblit, the film was shot at Barrandov Studios in Prague, and released on February 15, 2002. The film earned mixed reviews, grossing $33.1 million against its $70 million budget.

Plot

In late 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, U.S. Army intelligence officer First Lieutenant Thomas Hart (Farrell) is captured by German forces. While interrogating Hart, the Germans coerce him to divulge intelligence by taking away his boots, causing his feet to become frostbitten and badly injured, and leaving him, naked, in a very cold cell. He is then transferred by train to Stalag VI-A prisoner of war camp at Hemer, Germany. While en route, a P-51 Mustang attacks (the letters POW were painted on the top of the tr

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William McNamara (soldier)

First SergeantWilliam McNamara (c. 1835 – March 16, 1912) was an Irish-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 4th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Comanche Indians at the Red River in Texas on September 29, 1872.

Biography

William McNamara was born in County Mayo, Ireland about 1835. He emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Army in Baltimore, Maryland. Spending much of his military career after the Civil War on the frontier, McNamara participated in campaigns against the Southern Plains Indians for over 20 years, becoming a veteran Indian fighter. By the early 1870s, he was a First sergeant in Company F of the fourth U.S. Cavalry then stationed in Texas.^[1]

On September 28, 1872, he was part of Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie's expedition over the Staked Plains. Following a one-day march to the North Fork of the Red River, a lodge encampment of around 280 Mow-wi Comanche warriors was discovered. Though vastly outnumbered, MacKenzie