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Omar Bradley General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Field Marshall Lord Montgomery, and General Omar Bradley stand together in military uniforms behind microphones at National Airport, Washington, D.C. Allied Expeditionary Force commanders General Dwight D. Eisenhower shakes hands with Lieutenant General George S. Patton, both in military uniforms, while Lieutenant General Omar S. Bradley stands behind them in Bastogne, Belgium. George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, and Bernard Montgomery Buchenwald concentration camp
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Modified link of Web site: Official Site of General Omar Bradley Memorial, Library, and Museum. Jul 18, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 04, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 08, 2026
Add new Web site: U.S. Army Center of Military History - Omar Nelson Bradley. Oct 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of General Omar Bradley Memorial, Library, and Museum. May 17, 2025
Add new Web site: United States Army War College - WAR ROOM - Omar Bradley, The Consummate Servant Leader. Mar 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Omar Nelson Bradley,�(1893�1981). Nov 04, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: United States Government - Joint Chiefs of Staff - Omar Nelson Bradley. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Masonic Home of Missouri - Biography of Omar N. Bradley. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Omar Bradley, the General's General. Aug 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - General Omar Bradley: Dwight D Eisenhower's Indispensible Lieutenant. Jun 23, 2023
Add new Web site: World War II Database - Biography of Omar Bradley. May 12, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Omar Bradley, the General's General. Feb 02, 2023
Replaced photograph. Nov 30, 2022
Add new Web site: U.S. Army Center of Military History - Omar Nelson Bradley (PDF). Sep 17, 2022
Add new Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Omar Nelson Bradley. Sep 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Missouri Legends - Omar Nelson Bradley. May 17, 2021
Add new Web site: National Museum of the United States Army - Biography of Omar Nelson Bradley. Apr 22, 2019
Add new Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Biography of Omar Nelson Bradley. Apr 22, 2019
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Omar Bradley. Jun 21, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Omar Bradley. Jun 21, 2013
Changed name to "the Netherlands" from "The Netherlands." May 20, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of O. N. Bradley. Nov 25, 2008
Article revised. Mar 25, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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