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Bradley, Omar

Omar Bradley, from Missouri, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1915, in a class with 59 future generals known as “the class the stars fell on.” He served with an infantry regiment that never left the states during World War I, a fact that bothered him. During the interwar period, he taught at Army schools, including commandant of the Infantry School where he received his first star in 1941.

He commanded the 82nd and 28th infantry divisions in the early days of World War II. In 1943, Bradley served under Lt. Gen. Patton in North Africa as a Corps commander. Gen. Eisenhower chose Bradley to be Army Group Commander during Operation Overlord, where he led 1st Army through Normandy. By the end of World War II, Bradley commanded 43 divisions, about 1.3 million soldiers.

After the war, Gen. Bradley served as the head of Veterans Affairs, and then followed Eisenhower as Chief of Staff, and then became Chair of the Joint Chiefs. During the Korean War, Bradley opposed expanding the war to include China. He was promoted to General of the Army (five stars) in 1950. His time leading the Joint Chiefs ended in 1953.

After leaving active service, Bradley joined the Bulova Watch Company, eventually becoming chairman of the board. Bradley served as the President of the George C. Marshall Foundation. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 for his long service to the United States. Bradley died in New York on April 8, 1981.

To find other items that the Marshall Foundation has on Omar Bradley, search “Omar Bradley” in the library catalog: https://www.marshallfoundation.org/library/results/

Digitized items in the George C. Marshall archives:

2-517 To Brigadier General Omar N. Bradley, July 22, 1941
3-460 To Major General Omar N. Bradley, December 23, 1942
4-447 To Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, July 12, 1944
A general’s life : an autobiography / by Omar N. Bradley and Clay Blair
A soldier’s story
Brothers, rivals, victors : Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the partnership that drove the Allied conquest in Europe
GCM01787 General Omar Bradley greeted by Ambassador Jefferson Caffery
GCM01944 Portrait photographs of General Omar Bradley
GCM02105 Portrait photographs of General Omar Bradley
GCM03335 General Omar N. Bradley
GCM03342 General Omar N. Bradley, USA
GCM03437 Lt. General Omar Bradley, General Terry Allen, and General J. Lawton Collins
GCM03438 Lt. General Omar Bradley shown with soldiers
GCM03438A Lt. General Omar Bradley, Commanding General, 12th Army Group shown with soldiers
GCM03441 General Omar Bradley arrives for Army Day Ceremonies
GCM03442 General Omar N. Bradley reviews soldiers
GCM03443 General Omar Bradley greets General Charles Francois Lecheres
GCM03444 General Omar Bradley during review on Palace Plaza
GCM03445 General Bradley shown with his book
GCM03534 James F. Byrnes and General Bradley
GCM03535 James F. Byrnes and Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
GCM03744 Omar N. Bradley
GCM03745 Omar N. Bradley
GCM03832 Major Omar Bradley and First Lieutenant Marshall S. Carter
GCM04049 General Arnold and General Bradley
GCM06373 General Omar N. Bradley and actor Karl Mauldin
GCM07143 Honorary degree recipients at Harvard University
General Omar Bradley Interview Details May 27, 1957 and July 19, 1957
General Omar Bradley Interview Notes May 27, 1957
Magazine articles by and about General of the Army Omar N. Bradley
Omar Bradley : General At War
Omar Nelson Bradley: the soldiers’ general, by Red Reeder. Illustrated by Herman B. Vestal

Collection Formats:

War Department Chiefs and Executives, October 19,
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Organization Chart Offices of the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff & Secretary, General Staff, September 15,
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Organization Chart Offices of the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff & Secretariat, General Staff, March 1,
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Statistics Branch War Department General Staff organization chart
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Secretariat, War Department General Staff, June 7,
Call Number: GCM 7890 Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection, George C. Marshall Photographs

Photographs


Handshake after award from Gen. George C. Marshall, 1945
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Photographs


Legion of Merit awarded by Gen. George C. Marshall, 1945
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Photographs

Legion of Merit awarded by Gen. George C. Marshall


Newspaper clipping of Pershing attending Brown-Marshall Wedding, October 12,
Collection: George Catlett Marshall and Katherine Tupper Marshall Collection

Notice of Marshall-Brown wedding


Invitation list to wedding of Katherine T. Brown and Lt. Col. George C. Marshall, 1930
Collection: George Catlett Marshall and Katherine Tupper Marshall Collection

Documents

Inivtation list to the wedding of Katherine T. Brown and Lt. Col. George C. Marshall


Marshall Day at Virginia Military Institute, May 15,
Author: Virginia Military Institute
Collection: George C. Marshall Collection

Documents

Marshall Day Virginia Military Institute


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