This Is Your Life - Omar N. Bradley

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @TheViking1980
    @TheViking1980 3 года назад +6

    General Omar Bradley was one of our greatest Generals. A great American.

  • @xxchinookxx
    @xxchinookxx 14 лет назад +7

    This country was blessed with these Generals at the right time. They, MacArthur, Patton,Bradley etc; lead our forces to defeat the Nazi's.

    • @RubyBandUSA
      @RubyBandUSA Месяц назад

      Don't forget Jimmy Doolittle and Ted Roosevelt and (Admiral) Bull Halsey and (Admiral) Chester Nimitz

  • @Historyguy13
    @Historyguy13 14 лет назад +10

    I've read General Bradley's memoirs more than once, but watching the man speak is moving! Thanks for posting.

  • @villanovakid84
    @villanovakid84 13 лет назад +17

    General Bradley, a great general who was adored by his men.

    • @jameskennedy8030
      @jameskennedy8030 5 лет назад +1

      I want a General that only accepts unconditional surrender not politicians.....

    • @KLUJICS
      @KLUJICS Год назад

      Sorry, adoration doesn’t win wars for generals.

    • @KLUJICS
      @KLUJICS Год назад

      @@jameskennedy8030Gen George S. Patton is your general.

    • @jameskennedy8030
      @jameskennedy8030 Год назад

      @@KLUJICS you better believe that Bubelah, for years Bradley ate his dust....and Patton proved himself right about the Soviets wanting to control Berlin.....

  • @qinn50
    @qinn50 12 лет назад +33

    My grandpa bill bradley the son of omar bradley just passed away :,( r.i.p bill bradley shafter Ca

    • @renniecohen5021
      @renniecohen5021 4 года назад

      Omar Bradley didnt have a son... he had a daughter named Elizabeth

    • @duaneroberts5921
      @duaneroberts5921 Год назад +1

      @@renniecohen5021 Its 2023, Liz didnt like being a girl

  • @hookeye2
    @hookeye2 7 лет назад +43

    In 1954, at Page Military Academy, Gen Bradley pinned a scholarship medal on my uniform.
    I still have that medal.

    • @normal_media
      @normal_media 3 года назад +1

      brings tears Sir. thanks for sharing

  • @markhayes9198
    @markhayes9198 4 года назад +5

    Growing up on a farm you learn how to work at a young age , which prepares you for the rest of your life. Very strong work ethics. Which really isn't explained today to young people. You work you get, you don't work you don't get.

    • @slabbusterrtr7690
      @slabbusterrtr7690 3 года назад +1

      So true

    • @adairjanney7109
      @adairjanney7109 10 месяцев назад

      us young people know it better than your generation ever will, NONE of us were gifted anything by our forefathers, we are slaves. It was the generations from 1900-1975 that utterly failed all of us.
      "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." -- Thomas Jefferson "Jefferson Retirement Papers"

    • @oomahuntressprotectress848
      @oomahuntressprotectress848 2 дня назад

      growing up on a farm or ranch you learn very little, but see quite much, such as how to have fun, and how not to have fun, very strong work ethics, you stay alive you get, you don't stay alive you get buried

  • @josephmazzotta8813
    @josephmazzotta8813 2 года назад +1

    He was a god send to the army 🇺🇸

  • @walatabig
    @walatabig 12 лет назад +4

    Very Humble man

  • @kenowens9021
    @kenowens9021 5 лет назад +7

    Wish this was complete, liked to have seen the entire program.

  • @jonnyy40
    @jonnyy40 11 лет назад +3

    I'm not American and it almost put a lump in my throat

  • @BULLT850
    @BULLT850 6 лет назад +7

    His Biography is outstanding.

  • @xxCCBBxx
    @xxCCBBxx 12 лет назад +5

    My dad had the honor to go pheasant hunting with Omar Bradley when he was a kid. He said he was one of the greatest men he ever met.

  • @whiff1962
    @whiff1962 12 лет назад +1

    What a self-effacing man of great brilliance.

  • @CliffBronson1212
    @CliffBronson1212 6 месяцев назад

    Humble man 👨

  • @lwmson
    @lwmson 6 лет назад +4

    I wished this video was in its entirety. When you look among the people in attendance you see Karl Malden. Malden of course portrayed Gen. Bradley in the movie "Patton" and was brilliant. I'm sure at some point they would have made mention of this and Karl would have been interviewed.

  • @littlesofty01
    @littlesofty01 6 лет назад +9

    my father was in Belgium under Bradly 1944-45

    • @peggyshores4406
      @peggyshores4406 6 лет назад

      Was he with the 4th Infantry by any chance? My father served under Bradley.

    • @littlesofty01
      @littlesofty01 6 лет назад

      @@peggyshores4406 no

    • @littlesofty01
      @littlesofty01 6 лет назад

      @@peggyshores4406 here is a few Facebook pages that have to do with the belgum bulge
      facebook.com/groups/1144283208927709/
      facebook.com/groups/1144728705631152/
      facebook.com/BeyondTheBattleOfTheBulge/

    • @littlesofty01
      @littlesofty01 6 лет назад

      @@peggyshores4406 my father was with the 394th field artillery battalion

  • @kevininmaui
    @kevininmaui 11 лет назад +2

    General Bradley was named Omar after Omar D. Gray who was the editor of the county newspaper. A friend of his father..

  • @VicRattlehead1980
    @VicRattlehead1980 14 лет назад +1

    wow good find. it's people like you that upload things like this that makes youtube great. thumbs up!!!

  • @slabbusterrtr7690
    @slabbusterrtr7690 3 года назад

    Great man

  • @JeffersonDinedAlone
    @JeffersonDinedAlone 10 лет назад +3

    The last 5-star general.

  • @DonMeaker
    @DonMeaker 14 лет назад +3

    @Videogeek95 MacArthur was physically frail, having nearly coughed up his lungs in a WWI gas attack, when to enourage his soldiers he led attacks without his gas mask. He felt it important land with the men, and would land on the assault beaches, wade through the water, and then give a speech from the microphone that had been set up. He did that 4 to 5 times a day sometimes. Barrage balloons were standard tactic, and were effective at detering attacks in a way that .50 cal HMGs were not

  • @JimHadar1
    @JimHadar1 13 лет назад +1

    Always thought it interesting that so many great military leaders of World War I and World War II were all raised within a 150 mile area of northeast Missouri: Gen. John J. Pershing, Laclede Mo.; Gen. Omar Bradley, Clark Mo; Gen. Enoch Crowder (basically invented modern military law system), Trenton, Mo.; Admiral Coontz, Hannibal, Mo.; Admiral Arthur Willard, Kirksville, Mo.; and Col. James Reiger "the hero of Meuse-Argone", Kirksville, Mo.

  • @SrVP100
    @SrVP100 8 лет назад +3

    I am also grateful for this upload for this hero, but also ask - where is the rest of the episode? Most of it is missing. Thanks for what is there.

  • @TheFreshman321
    @TheFreshman321 5 лет назад +2

    Westmorland is best forgotten.

  • @whythewar1
    @whythewar1 14 лет назад +1

    I relate to omar, he's my idle, I feel like I have his blood somewhere in me , I just know it.

    • @KLUJICS
      @KLUJICS Год назад

      I’ll take Patton over Bradley. His guts and our blood!

  • @lukesherrod9716
    @lukesherrod9716 10 лет назад +9

    With the likes of Eisenhower, a future president, the flaymbouant Patton, Macarthur, and the stellar George C Marshall, not to mention The Brit General Mongomery, Bradley was kind of forgotten in all this.

    • @SgtPepper271294
      @SgtPepper271294 10 лет назад +1

      As so many other people were. Still he got what most other U.S. Generals got, a vehicle named after him. Still could you recal right here in which wars Gen. Abramas served or Gen. McAullife? If we do not shine light on those people longer than they do influence things directly we tend to forget about them. Same with Henry Wallace, what world would we live in today if he wouldn't have practically gotten cheated out of office.

  • @DonMeaker
    @DonMeaker 14 лет назад +1

    @Videogeek95 I think that it is saying too much to suggest he did all the work on D-Day. V corps did the US planning (which was botched, by the way) Monty was commander of ground forces, Eisenhower was overall commander. General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the first US general on shore, going in with the first wave.

  • @jamesdickens1236
    @jamesdickens1236 3 года назад

    Sad. This Hero is all but forgottne

  • @Atomicnub123
    @Atomicnub123 11 лет назад +23

    Hey omar is my gr grandfather : D

    • @lwmson
      @lwmson 6 лет назад +1

      So. Ike was my great great uncle.

    • @lbbradley55
      @lbbradley55 5 лет назад +1

      Well... I have heard we are Related to Omar ! But I can't say I favor him..! But we have the same Name.
      If you are a Bradley I understand there was a Bradley on the Mayflower.. & if you Google Bradley Family Scotland & scroll down till ya find full article that includes our being descendants from four Pharaoh's & the hostages of Nine.
      & If you are a Bradley then we are Certainly Related. Enjoy our History

  • @walkingtrails7776
    @walkingtrails7776 8 лет назад +7

    is there a link to the full episode..this is very historic..thank u for posting

  • @DonMeaker
    @DonMeaker 14 лет назад +1

    @Videogeek95 Sorry, I don't know who you refer to as "big mac". Certainly the Brits lost many soldiers, though didn't have the trouble that the US had on Omaha. Part of the problems at Omaha were due to several unfortunate decisions made by V Corps, which perhaps could have been better supervised, corrected by someone who had made previous landings.

  • @hrugga36
    @hrugga36 12 лет назад +1

    Alternated between services starting with navy, Leahy being senior to all. 7 promoted in 1 week in Dec. '44, 1 a day, with Halsey promoted a year after the war and Bradley in 1950. Seniority by date of rank:
    Leahy (Navy)
    Marshall (Army)
    King (Navy)
    MacArthur (Army)
    Nimitz (Navy)
    Eisenhower (Army)
    Arnold (Army Air Force)
    Halsey (Navy -- rank awarded only during wartime. Halsey got it for being Halsey?)
    Bradley (Army)
    [Arnold only person to get 5-star rank twice: AAF and later USAF]

  • @stephenpjohnson2866
    @stephenpjohnson2866 7 лет назад

    The opening speaker is "Mr. Haney" from Green Acres.....

    • @ijnfleetadmiral
      @ijnfleetadmiral 6 лет назад

      When I heard his name I thought, "Oh, hey...the guy who voiced the Sheriff of Nottingham in Disney's 'Robin Hood'."

  • @maryryanroman2399
    @maryryanroman2399 6 лет назад +2

    Omar Sharif, the great Egyptian actor, took his first name after Omar Bradley.

  • @MrReneManuel
    @MrReneManuel 12 лет назад

    When I was delivering a flag to a man in Moss Bluff, he told I of how he actually saw Gens. Patton and Bradley. He was a sensitive man. Probably what he saw in Europe he was always wanted to helped children, I guess. The flag was to be given to a classroom. If someone would break in his home and he saw the person he would leave and the burglar have it all. He also served in Korean Conflict. Talked about being scared. He would have swam all the way back to US. He was a living history book.

  • @lordkreigs1978
    @lordkreigs1978 12 лет назад +3

    Often forgotten the ONLY American to Ever hold 6 stars General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing.
    George Washington was awarded the same rank (6 Stars) by (Congressional Edict 1976 The American Bi-Centennial) But the ONLY person to show 6 stars was Pershing.
    Bradley was a GREAT man.
    Who knows had George S Patton Jr lived if he would have gained a 5th star.
    A far better leader than MacArthur I believe he would have.

    • @paratrooper629
      @paratrooper629 6 лет назад +1

      lordkreigs1978 Patton getting a 5th star? Perhaps but his age was against him post WW2 plus.... What post would he have.... President of the war college? Commander army ground forces? In 1945 he was 60. By 1949 he would have been 64- mandatory retirement. I do not think Ike or Brad would have supported his promotion. MacArthur was the best and has been proven right about North Korea and China now. It would be interesting if Patton did get a 5th star and was chairman JCS instead of Brad. Would have supported and endorsed Mac during the Korean war.

  • @spade2070
    @spade2070 11 лет назад

    Good man better General

    • @jameskennedy8030
      @jameskennedy8030 5 лет назад

      Patton was a better General, Bradley was a better politician....

  • @tertommy
    @tertommy 4 года назад

    What was Green Acres Mr. Haney doing?

  • @DrHogfan
    @DrHogfan 7 лет назад +5

    Damn ! That was mister Haney from Green Acers !

  • @nealgallagher6328
    @nealgallagher6328 12 лет назад +1

    no. Eisenhower, Marshall and MacArthur were also 5 stars,

  • @buckmusial
    @buckmusial 11 лет назад

    Mr. Haney with the intro!

  • @haroldkerrii6085
    @haroldkerrii6085 5 лет назад

    Why does this end half way through>>>>>>???

  • @jeremyjames3733
    @jeremyjames3733 4 года назад

    Saw my pap Arthur H. James in the video

  • @SrVP100
    @SrVP100 9 лет назад

    Thanks for the upload of a real hero, Gen Omar Bradley. BUT - what happened to the whole episode? Thanks again.

    • @paratrooper629
      @paratrooper629 6 лет назад

      Way over rated. Bush whacked by the Germans at the bulge. Monty had to takeover 1st usa army leaving him with only 3d army under Patton. Also huertening forest fiasco. No..... brad as a corps CDR in italty at best. Got his 5th star from his butt buddy truman. Her he was CSA the army could not fight it's way out of a wet paper bag. Eichelberger would have been a far better choice as CSA. He would have stood up on cuts to Truman

    • @Arwar555
      @Arwar555 Год назад

      ​@paratrooper629
      Of course YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER...lololol who the hell are you to pass criticism on such a great man

  • @Videogeek95
    @Videogeek95 14 лет назад

    @DonMeaker Didn't McArther do the whole balloon thing? Anyway that's what they called him back then Big Mac.

  • @NHWordMan
    @NHWordMan 12 лет назад +1

    There were nine men to rise to 5-star rank. Per service, they are listed in order of seniority.
    Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy
    Fleet Admiral Ernest King
    Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
    Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr.
    General of the Army George Marshall
    General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
    General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
    General of the Army & Air Force Henry H. Arnold
    General of the Army Omar Bradley

    • @KLUJICS
      @KLUJICS Год назад

      You realize Patton died way before his time? Bradley made it because he lived long enough.

    • @rodbutler4054
      @rodbutler4054 Год назад

      President Eisenhower made his friend General Bradley a 5 star general because he trusted his advice while commanding the allied army.

  • @TeachUBusiness
    @TeachUBusiness 3 года назад

    Westmoreland forgot that lesson pretty quickly.

  • @TheFreshman321
    @TheFreshman321 5 лет назад +2

    He was way over his head poor fellow. He got to where he did because of Ike. They should have fired him for the blue on blue that saw 600 US troops killed by the Eight Airforce at the start of Cobra. He took ages to take St Lo which was hardly defended. At the Hurtegen Forest debacle he should have been fired for the 34,000 casualties for no real strategic objective. This was an outrage. The Americans lost that battle. Then the Bulge should have been the final straw. He fumbled the ball. There were another 20,000 men taken prisoner at the Bulge and 19,000 killed/casualties. It got so bad Eisenhower gave Monty control of 1st and 9th Armies. The American General of the 1st had a mental breakdown and hid himself away. Monty had to go and see him to straighten him out. Eisenhower recognised Courtney Hodges needed adult supervision and Monty gave it to him. Bradley was over his head and was a piss poor General in all honesty, but a lovely fellow.
    The German commander of the 5th Panzer Army, Hasso von Manteuffel said of Montgomery's leadership during the Bulge:
    The operations of the American 1st Army had developed into a series of individual holding actions. Montgomery's contribution to restoring the situation was that he turned a series of isolated actions into a coherent battle fought according to a clear and definite plan. It was his refusal to engage in premature and piecemeal counter-attacks which enabled the Americans to gather their reserves and frustrate the German attempts to extend their breakthrough. Monty new the Germans had the Meuse as their target which is why Monty moved XXX Corp to protect the Bridges over the river. Bradley and Eisenhower didn't work this out until Monty told them. Monty never rated Bradley. He did say he was a pleasant enough, but dull and a yes man.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 4 года назад +1

      Shhhhh never tell people the truth. Some of them won't like it.

  • @Tapajara
    @Tapajara 11 лет назад +1

    I saw a glipse of Carl Maldon who portrayed General Bradley in "Patton"

  • @markcollins9903
    @markcollins9903 6 лет назад +4

    I like bradly im british and disabled

  • @Videogeek95
    @Videogeek95 14 лет назад

    @DonMeaker Really, cause I think that's saying just enough seeing how big mac just sat on the beach literally playing army with balloons and firecrackers barely losing a single soldier while cousin omar had to take on the basic full force of the german army losing enough men to start a full sized city.

    • @paratrooper629
      @paratrooper629 6 лет назад

      Ok...mmm..... so it should have been bloody like omaha? Hint..... less casulties.... Joe's like me appreciate that big time.

  • @MrReneManuel
    @MrReneManuel 12 лет назад +2

    During the Bicenntenal year he was wheeled in the football game in Shreveport, LA. Independance Bowl.

  • @chivoronco4853
    @chivoronco4853 7 лет назад

    Admiro a este tipo. Pero más al Patton

  • @lyndoncmp5751
    @lyndoncmp5751 3 года назад +1

    Montgomery had to save his bacon in the Ardennes.

  • @Videogeek95
    @Videogeek95 14 лет назад

    @Historyguy13 Wow, how much of my fifth cousin do you know? Cause really, I'm clueless other than the fact that he did all the work on D-day. and that he was the last 5 star general period.

    • @paratrooper629
      @paratrooper629 6 лет назад

      Last 5 star general.... thanks to butt buddy from M901 butt buddy HST. The army could not fight itself out of a wet paper bag while he was chief of staff of the Army.

  • @Suleei
    @Suleei 12 лет назад

    no at all, but i Omar is an Arabian name. and i dont know if these kinds of names were famous in USA at that time?

  • @xxchinookxx
    @xxchinookxx 13 лет назад

    Towards the last days of WWII, Hitler's health was indeed going south because based on members of his inner circle, Hitler stumbled and had twitching on his hands. I believe that he was over dosing on drugs. Yes, Patton seemed to be very prolific in his views and I can understand his dislikes of the Soviets. US politicians to me are too passive towards Russia. Vietnam? Russia HELPED the N.Vietnamese w/ SA-1 SAM missles and pilots.

  • @auvar100
    @auvar100 12 лет назад

    is there a problem with that name?

  • @KLUJICS
    @KLUJICS Год назад

    Revered by his men, right. “Feared by his enemy”? This is a stretch for Gen Bradley.

  • @Historyguy13
    @Historyguy13 14 лет назад

    Videogeek95, your fifth cousin was one of the top historical figures of World War II, so you have some homework to catch up on. Start with "A Soldier's Story" which is to the point. "A General's Life" is more "sensationalistic" and "finger pointing". It was co-written by Clay Blair, and finished after Bradley's death. The personal intrigue between Bradley, Patton, and British Field Marshal Montgomery is the stuff movies are made of. You should brush up. You won't be sorry. Good luck!

  • @Suleei
    @Suleei 13 лет назад

    could some one tell me why this guy called omar?
    i mean omar is an islamic name.

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 8 лет назад +3

    Omar Nelson Bradley was the "G.I.General" - when he came up against the ultimate test of his leadership, the Ardennes Attack, aka The Battle Of The Bulge well.... Here is the gen....George was so far away from his troops on the front, he was stranded in Luxembourg. His command was given by Dwight D. Eisenhower to Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery as Brad was absent. Monty took Brad's amazing soldiers with the British soldiers already under his command. Monty stabilised the lines and straightened out the Bulge. The fantastic 101st Screaming Eagles were relieved in Bastogne by 3rd Army under Patton. Truth always hurts.

    • @bigwoody4704
      @bigwoody4704 6 лет назад

      Monty didn't stabilize shit.Lightning Joe Collins ignored him when Monty wanted to fall back while holding onto a shoulder.Collins men killed,captured and advanced in spite of Monty's advice.Montgomery tried to take credit for the bloodiest battle in the west in which he did very little

  • @xxchinookxx
    @xxchinookxx 13 лет назад

    No, I haven't forgotten them. It's just that since I have an AirForce mindset, I boast. How interesting that the U.S. and Soviets ended up getting the Nazi rocket engineers though. THE SPACE PROGRAM

  • @bensingleton7443
    @bensingleton7443 6 лет назад +1

    A nobody general

  •  4 года назад

    What you people may or may not realize is that Omar wanted nothing less then complete annihilation for the Germans and Eisenhower stopped it. Just like Trump. Trump will stop wars and feed the hungry if you let him.

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