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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 1668714, member: 19250&quot;]Omar N Bradley[ATTACH]247733.vB[/ATTACH]<b>Omar Nelson Bradley</b> (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a senior <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Army" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Army">U.S. Army</a> field commander in North Africa and Europe during <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/World_War_II" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/World_War_II">World War II</a>, and a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)">General of the Army</a> in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Army" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Army">United States Army</a>. From the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Normandy_landings" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Normandy_landings">Normandy landings</a> 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. After the war, Bradley headed the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs">Veterans Administration</a> and became <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a>. In 1949, he was appointed the first <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, and the following year oversaw the policy-making for the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Korean_War" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Korean_War">Korean War</a>, before retiring from active service in 1953.</p><p>General Bradley was the last of only nine people to hold <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Five-star_rank" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Five-star_rank">five-star rank</a> in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>.</p><p>The reason I choose Bradley he was the last to be chosen as a 5 star general...however Bradley Played a major part in alot of WWl II Battles. He was never given the notoriety of the other WW II Generals even thro he was just as important and support of the other more noted Generals.</p><p>&nbsp;In North Africa he was sent to be Eisenhower&#039;s front-line troubleshooter.Bradley command the Second Corps in the invasion of Sicily.Bradley&#039;s command took the initial brunt of what would become the Battle of the buldge! Bradley sent in three infantry divisions—the 9th, 4th and 30th—to move in close behind the bombing. The infantry succeeded in cracking the German defenses, opening the way for advances by armored forces commanded by General Patton to sweep around the German lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Command style</p><p>Unlike some of the more colorful generals of World War II, Bradley was polite and courteous in his public appearances. A reticent man, Bradley was first favorably brought to public attention by <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/War_correspondent" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/War_correspondent">war correspondent</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ernie_Pyle" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ernie_Pyle">Ernie Pyle</a>, who was urged by General Eisenhower to &quot;go and discover Bradley&quot;.[SUP]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-26" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-26"><font size="2">[</font></a>[/SUP] Pyle subsequently wrote several dispatches in which he referred to Bradley as the <i>GI&#039;s general</i>, a title that would stay with Bradley throughout his remaining career.[SUP]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-27" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-27"><font size="2">[</font></a>[/SUP] <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Will_Lang_Jr." class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Will_Lang_Jr.">Will Lang Jr.</a> of <i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Life_(magazine)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Life_(magazine)">Life</a></i> magazine said &quot;The thing I most admire about Omar Bradley is his gentleness. He was never known to issue an order to anybody of any rank without saying &#039;Please&#039; first.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>For these and many other reasons I find the General Bradley was the tool that made the other WWII Generals as famous as they were....or are....all the while he just did his job without the lime light that the others basked in. </p><p>If you ask any WW II Vet whom servered under him they will tell you Bradley was a&nbsp; Honor and a pleasure to serve under Him. He is just about forgotten as he stands in the shadows of those he helped obtain their glory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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