Omar N. Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley, nicknamed Brad, was a highly distinguished senior officer of the United States Army who saw distinguished service in North Africa and Western Europe during World War II, and later became General of the Army. From the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944 through to the end of the war in Europe, Bradley had command of all U.S. ground forces invading Germany from the west; he ultimately commanded forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth12 February 1893
CountryUnited States of America
We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.
Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.
Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver. . . or came closer to being God's will on earth.
It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents.
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.