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Omar Bradley (1893–1981) was a military figure whose career spanned from 1915 to 1953. He is identified as General Omar N. Bradley and authored the work *A Soldier's Story*. His writings include the statements, "It is time that we steered by the stars, not by the lights of each passing ship," and "We are dealing with [veterans], not procedures; with their problems, not ours."
Bradley was recognized in the Legion Of Merit collection. He is referenced by 790 other encyclopedia articles. MusicBrainz lists him as a person from GB, while Open Library records one work under his name.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nelson
- Family name
- Bradley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Moberly
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- official
- Educated at
- United States Army War College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- general of the army
- Image
- Omar Bradley, official military photo, 1949.JPEG
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- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Commons category
- Omar Bradley
- date of birth
- 1893-02-12
- date of death
- 1981-04-08
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- Omar Bradley
- member of
- the class the stars fell on
- allegiance
- United States
- name in native language
- Omar Nelson Bradley
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- end of work period
- 1953-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Omar Nelson Bradley (12 February 1893 – 8 April 1981) 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 oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War.
Born in Randolph County, Missouri, he worked as a boilermaker 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 the War Department under General George Marshall. In 1941, he became commander of the United States Army Infantry School.
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