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
The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.
I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.
The smell of death overwhelmed us even before we passed through the stockade. More than 3200 naked, emaciated bodies had been flung into shallow graves. Others lay in the streets where they had fallen. ... Eisenhower's face whitened into a mask. Patton walked over to a corner and sickened. I was too revolted to speak. For here death had been so fouled by degradation that it both stunned and numbed us. ...
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.
Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.
We live in a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants, in a world that has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. We have solved the mystery of the atom and forgotten the lessons of the Sermon on the Mount. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about dying than we know about living.
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.
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.
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American.
It is to the United States that all freemen look for the light and the hope of the world. Unless we dedicate ourselves completely to this struggle, unless we combat hunger with food, fear with trust, suspicion with faith, fraud with justice - and threats with power, nations will surrender to the futility, the hopelessness, the panic on which wars feed.
I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.