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During maneuvers at Fort Benning, Ga. a paratrooper leaped from a plane, cracked his chute squarely in the middle of an upward rising column of air. He hung there, while his comrades swung to the ground.
Returning to this country after the war, he served in a variety of positions, including two tours of duty as an instructor at West Point, two years as professor of Military Science and Tactics at Syracuse, and two years on the faculty of the Fort Benning Infantry School. In January...
Starting the long line of staff work, the Colonel was soon assigned duty with base and advanced General Headquarters intelligence sections. After returning to the States, he served in a variety of positions, including two tours as an instructor at West Point, two years as Professor of Military Science and...
That class is noted for two things: 1) its crack baseball team; 2) its U.S. generals in World War II. Omar Bradley played in the outfield, batted .383 and is still remembered at the Point for his great throwing arm. He was also the first member of the class to...
In 1929 his work at Fort Benning caught the attention of able young Lieut. Colonel George Catlett Marshall; twelve years later General Marshall picked Omar Bradley to convert the Infantry School at the fort from a peaceful little unit of 300 to 400 students into a roaring mass-production center...