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A filmed biography of Omar N. Bradley, General of the US Army. It traces Bradley 's military career from West Point till 1953.

Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 - April 8, 1981), nicknamed "Brad" and "The G.I.'s General", was a highly distinguished senior officer of the United States Army who saw service in North Africa and Western Europe from 1942 until 1945, and later became General of the Army. From the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944 through to the end of the Allied operations in Europe, Bradley had command of all U.S. ground forces advancing into 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 single U.S. field commander. After 1945, Bradley became Army Chief of Staff. In 1949, Bradley was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired from active service in 1953.

Bradley was the last of only nine people to hold a five-star rank in the United States Armed Forces.


About the grade of General of the Army:
General of the Army is a five-star general officer and the highest possible rank in the United States Army. A General of the Army ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to a fleet admiral and a General of the Air Force. There is no established equivalent five-star rank in the other federal uniformed services. Often called a "five-star general", the rank of General of the Army has historically been reserved for wartime use and is not currently active in the U.S. military.

A special rank of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, exists but has been conferred only twice, to General John J. Pershing and posthumously to George Washington.


Omar Bradley - General of the US Army | Biography Documentary

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