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After eight years as mayor of Los Angeles, Thomas Bradley, 63, remains a diffident and elusive figure. "He doesn't tell anyone his private thoughts, not even me," his wife Ethel once said. Nor is he given to fiery outbursts, one-liners or gabbing with reporters. Says he: "I prefer to work quietly behind the scenes rather than get into a big public debate that accomplishes nothing." Politically he describes himself as "fiscally conservative and liberal on other issues. You cannot pin me down...
...wish to add a note to your article on Omar Bradley, the five-star G.I.'s general [April 20]. You stated that since the Civil War the title General of the Army, which has the insignia of five stars, has been held by only five gentlemen: Omar Bradley, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold and Dwight Eisenhower. You should also have mentioned John J. Pershing, who held the slightly different but even more impressive rank General of the Armies...
After two terms as head of the Joint Chiefs, Bradley later joined the Bulova Watch Co. and served as its chairman from 1958 until stepping down in 1973. The old soldier spent his last four years at Fort Bliss in Texas, where he sometimes lectured on leadership. In accepting West Point's highest honor, the Sylvanus Thayer Award, in 1973, Bradley reflected on the low prestige of the military after the Viet Nam War. "The profession of arms is often a lonely profession. It is misunderstood by many. My wife has called me a warrior who hates...
...Congress, five-star generals cannot retire, and thus Bradley served 69 years on active duty-longer than any other soldier in U.S. history. Although largely confined to a wheelchair by arthritis in recent years, he served as grand marshal of Ronald Reagan's Inauguration parade last January. Bradley flew to Manhattan last week to attend a dinner in his honor given by the New York chapter of the Association of the United States Army. Shortly after the ceremonies were completed, the G.I.'s general died, of cardiac arrest...
DIED. Omar Bradley, 88, the "G.I.'s general," who helped lead the Normandy invasion in World War II and later served as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; in New York City (see NATION...