Gen. Omar Bradley

[ashling]

[AldoLeopold]

1. Why is it

that the really smart guys, in whatever walk of life, never get the recognition they deserve while they're alive?

I'll tell you why - because they can usually look forward and see what is to be and nobody wants to hear that. And we hear about Patton and MacArthur - but Bradley, Bull Halsey or Nimitz? Rarely these days.

[awoke_in_2003]

19. We needed both to win the war...

Patton was a smart man, and his skills as a tactition was needed to win battles. Bradley was a strategist, which was also needed. This country, however, only seems to remember tacticians.

[RomneyLies]

2. G.I. General

Probably the best American General to ever wear a star.

[dballance]

3. Yep, and they don't give that fifth star out very often. /eom

[RomneyLies]

5. Last person to get one was Omar Bradley himself

September 22, 1950.

He was also the last General of the Army to pass away, April 8, 1981.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Known as a soldier's soldier.

He wasn't afraid to walk the talk.

[Demo_Chris]

17. Very true. He was a brilliant tactician

[RomneyLies]

18. A;so a brilliant strategist

D-Day would have never happened without him.

[Egalitarian Thug]

4. The Last American Hero.

Double Medal of Honor recipient (the direct cause for changes in the rules to ensure that there will never be another) who refused to bow down to the powers that rule for his own gain.

He has been swept under the rug. Disappeared from history because he did what he knew was the right thing to do and thereby embarrassed a bunch of very rich, very powerful people. People whose descendants still run this nation and are among those that still rule this world.

There are a very few honors that transcend politics and all the other divisions in our society. The Medal of Honor is one. Nobody with even the slightest hint of any sense of honor will speak ill of one of these actual heroes, and General Butler received it, twice. That's why he is being removed from American history.

It is up to us to make sure they fail.

[Beartracks]

6. Maybe I'm I'm dense, but... who is General Butler? n/t

[krispos42]

9. He was the guy who wrote "War is a Racket".

IIRC it detailed the abuse of the military to support corporate interests overseas. This would be early 20th century.

He was also the guy that Dubya's granddaddy approached about a military coup against FDR and installing a fascist government.

Only WW2 saved Dubya's granddaddy from being hanged for treason.

[Beartracks]

10. OK, thanks. Was confused since OP was re. General Bradley. n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

15. He was much more than that. If you're interested there are a few biographies

about him out there. After you learn about the extraordinary accomplishments of this man you will ask why everybody who attended school in America doesn't know his name as well as Washington, MacArthur, or Patton.

His Wikipedia entry is a good place to start (Be sure to check out his military awards).


I really should have read the subject line more carefully.

[mrmpa]

12. Marine Corps General Smedley Butler..........eom

[malthaussen]

8. Um, Omar Bradley is not Smedley Butler... n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. Oops. He was a pretty good one, too.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Maybe I am dense...

but I grew up hearing the names Bradley and Butler. They weren't swept under the rug.

[LarryNM]

7. Our Sensationalist Culture has no Use

For such People, Ideals or Truth. And Those who would do Us Wrong, love it that way.

[wtmusic]

11. Love that quote. Bradley is buried at Arlington, a stone's throw from JFK.

If he had been in Colin Powell's shoes there would have been no war in Iraq. Great man.

[Historic NY]

14. The GI's General....

his desk and some personal items used to be in the old library at West Point

[WiffenPoof]

21. Quite By Chance

I ended up with a small desk from the Bradley estate. It holds a special place in our home.

P

[Are_grits_groceries]

22. My Daddy fought under his command in WWII.

He spoke of General Bradley with great admiration. He rarely talked about the war, but he did mention this.