Omar Bradley
Military Leader / World War II Figure
Omar Nelson Bradley graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1915, where he later taught mathematics. After years of administrative posts, Bradley was a brigadier general when the United States entered World War II. He commanded forces in North Africa and Sicily, then moved to command the American involvement in the D-Day invasion of 1944, ultimately liberating Paris, France from the German occupied forces. Quiet, polite and popular with enlisted men, Bradley has often been contrasted with his more colorful and blustery colleague, General George S. Patton, Jr. After the war, Bradley served in the Veterans' Administration and as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retiring in 1953.Other U.S. heroes of World War II included Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Marshall, Audie Murphy and Pappy Boyington.
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Omar Nelson Bradley
His biographical profile from Arlington Cemetery
General Omar Bradley
Family background and genealogy information
General Omar Bradley
Encyclopedia entry, with links to other WWII information
Omar Bradley
Cut-and-dried biography from the U.S. Army
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American general during World War II
