Omar Bradley. U.S. Army General Omar Bradley was called «the soldier's soldier» because of his interest in the welfare of enlisted men. Born in 1893 in Clark, Missouri and a 1915 graduate of West Point, Bradley won fame as commander in North Africa and France during WWII. Gen. Bradley became chief of staff in 1948, succeeding Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. In 1949 he became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He died in 1981.
