Omar Bradley
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Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. He was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
Bradley, c. 1950
Bradley, photographed at West Point
The 1912 West Point football team. Dwight D. Eisenhower is third from left. Louis Merillat is eighth from the left, in the A sweater. Omar Bradley is on the far right, to the left of Leland Hobbs.
Bradley (back row, second from the left) as an instructor at the Infantry School in the 1930s. The school's assistant commandant, George C. Marshall, is sat in the center of the front row.
The class the stars fell on
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"The class the stars fell on" is an expression used to describe the class of 1915 at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. In the United States Army, the insignia reserved for ge
Omar Bradley
…before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of "the class the stars fell on." During World War I, he guarded copper mines in Montana. After the war, he taught at West Point and served in other roles before taking a position at…
Members of the West Point class of 1915
The 1914 West Point baseball team. Omar Bradley is second from left. Every member of the team who remained in the Army became a general.
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (as a general)