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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Omar Bradley</b></font><p><img src="omar-bradley.jpg" height=315 width=225 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Omar Bradley"><b>AKA</b> Omar Nelson Bradley<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/560/000106242/" class=proflink>12-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/892/000105577/" class=proflink>1893</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/958/000080718/" class=proflink>Clark, MO</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/982/000106664/" class=proflink>8-Apr</a>-<a href="/lists/491/000106173/" class=proflink>1981</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/328/000069121/" class=proflink>Stroke</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/609/000207985/" class="proflink">Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/187/000068980/" class=proflink>Military</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> US Army Chief of Staff<p><b>Military service:</b> US Army (General)<p><b>Father:</b> John Smith Bradley (school teacher, d. 1908, pneumonia)<br><b>Mother:</b> Sarah Elizabeth Hubbard (wed at 16, seamstress, innkeeper)<br><b>Wife:</b> Mary Elizabeth Quayle (b. 1892, m. 28-Dec-1916, d. 1-Dec-1965 leukemia)<br><b>Wife:</b> Esther Dora Buhler ("Kitty", screenwriter, m. 12-Dec-1966, d. 3-Feb-2004 pneumonia)<br><p> High School: Moberly High School, Moberly, MO (1910)<br> Military College: <a href="/edu/725/000068521/">US Military Academy, West Point (1915)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/725/000068521/">US Military Academy, West Point (1920-24 and 1929-34)</a><br> Military College: <a href="/edu/279/000403067/">Army Command and General Staff College (1929)</a><br> Military College: <a href="/edu/282/000082036/">US Army War College (1934)</a><br><p> <u>Bulova Watch Company</u> Chairman (1958-73)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/327/000044195/">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> <br> <a href="/gov/236/000043107/">Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> (1949-53)<br> <a href="/gov/604/000172088/">US Army Chief of Staff</a> (1948-49)<br> <a href="/gov/005/000127621/">US Defense Department</a> Veterans Affairs Administrator (1945-48)<br> <a href="/gov/005/000127621/">US Defense Department</a> Commanding General, 1st Army (1944-45)<br> <a href="/org/692/000051539/">Alfalfa Club</a> 1953, president<br> <a href="/org/763/000041640/">Rotary International</a> Moberly, MO<br> <a href="/org/454/000041331/">Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity</a> <br> <a href="/honors/040/000048893/">Army Distinguished Service Medal</a> <br> <a href="/honors/280/000043151/">Bronze Star</a> <br> <a href="/honors/284/000043155/">Legion of Merit</a> oak leaf cluster<br> <a href="/honors/281/000043152/">Silver Star</a> <br> <a href="/honors/139/000048992/">French Legion of Honor</a> <br> <a href="/honors/715/000063526/">Croix de Guerre</a> <br> <a href="/honors/469/000122103/">Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses</a> 1948<br> <a href="/honors/256/000163764/">Kentucky Colonel</a> 1969<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/781/000064589/">Depression</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/697/000173178/">Never Wave at a WAC (28-Jan-1952)</a> <br> <a href="/films/668/000392489/">Tunisian Victory (16-Mar-1944)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>A Soldier's Story</i> (<tt>1951</tt>)<br><i>A General's Life: An Autobiography</i> (<tt>1983</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: 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