Born on February 12, 1893 in Clark, Missouri, Omar Bradley came from a poor family˳ He was the son of a school teacher and at an early age it was stressed to him the importance of a good education˳ He was educated at the local public schools but upon graduating high school he applied and was excepted to West Point˳ He entered the academy in 1911 at the age of 18 and graduated in 1915˳ Besides himself, his class contained many future generals giving the West Point Academy class of 1915 the name “The class the stars fell upon˳”˳
Upon leaving West Point he joined the 14th Regiment but never seen action in Europe during World War I˳ During this time he served on the Mexican border and it was here that he was promoted to captain˳ After the war he taught math at West Point from 1920 to 1924 and was promoted to major˳ As a major he briefly served in Hawaii then went on to school at Fort Leavenworth, Texas at the Command and General Staff School from 1928 to 1929˳ It wasn’t until 1936 that Omar Bradley was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel˳ In February of 1941 he was promoted to Brigadier General and became commander of Fort Benning˳
During World War II General Bradley was known as “The Soldiers General” because of his care and compassion for the soldiers under his command˳ During the war he served as one of the main field commanders in North Africa and Europe˳ General Omar Bradley commanded the 12th Army group that in 1945 included 4 field armies, 12 corps, and 48 divisions with a total of 1,300,000 men˳ This was by far the largest field command ever in America’s history˳ Bradley served his country well during WWII and was a key factor in the Allied victory in Europe˳
After the war General Bradley became head of Veterans’ Affairs for a short time˳ It was in 1949 he became the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the government’s new Department of Defense˳ His career in the service of his country continued for several years in different capacities till his retirement from active duty in August 1953˳ On April 8th 1981 retired army General Omar Bradley died at the age of 87 in New York city˳
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