Omar N. Bradley
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, World War I, World War II, Cold War
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Bradley provided stability and continuity within the American military establishment during the critical period following the end of World War II and the onset of the Cold War.
Early Life
Omar Nelson Bradley was born on February 12, 1893, just outside the small town of Clark, Missouri. His father, John Smith Bradley, was a schoolteacher, and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Hubbard Bradley, was a homemaker. Though “desperately poor,” to use Bradley’s words, his family took in the two daughters of his mother’s sister when the latter...
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