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Omar Nelson "Brad" Bradley

[b]Omar Nelson "Brad" Bradley[/b] (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a field commander in North Africa and Europe during WW2, and a General Of The Army. From the Normandy Landings through the end of the war in Europe, Bradley had command of all U.S. ground forces invading Germany from the west; he ultimately commanded forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men, the largest body of American soldiers ever to serve under a U.S. field commander. Famously he was Patton's Boss. After the war, Bradley headed the Veterans Administration and became Chief of Staff of the United States Army. In 1949, he was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the following year oversaw the policy-making for the Korean War, before retiring from active service in 1953.

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Omar Nelson "Brad" Bradley
The Cooler King, Jun 15, 2015