Word: omar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summary: G. Sarshman; rf, Knowlton; lf, Coggan; rh, Curtin; ch, Mavor; lh, Coon (Stromberg); ir, Ruckle; cf, Potter; il, Pearson; ol, Kern, Substitutes; Omar, Klobyornson, Mable...
...even with Cherbourg and the beaches, pipelines and planes, Lieut. General Omar N. Bradley 's armies would never have reached the Reich as swiftly had it not been for the Red Ball Express Highway. The R.B.E. is a one-way road which begins at Cherbourg and swings in a great loop, roughly south and east, to a point several hundred miles east of Paris...
Lieut. General George S. Patton Jr. saw fit to write General George C. Marshall to deny the widely printed story that he had landed in Normandy waving a $1,000 bill and betting that he would beat Lieut. General Omar N. Bradley and Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery to Paris.* Said Patton: "I arrived in Normandy incognito. I have never seen a $1,000 bill...
...tough fighting and little glory. They and the British had the pick of Rommel's armor, guns and troops in front of them. Even after the capture of Caen, they were held down and unmercifully pounded by German 88s. Grimly they hung on, giving U.S. Lieut. General Omar Bradley time to take Cherbourg. Grimly, after the surprise U.S. breakthrough at Saint-Lô, they pushed down and held the north arm of the Falaise-Argentan pincer. Only when that was done could the Canadians themselves wheel and cross the Seine...
...Doctrine for the Americas, went to England in March, spent the three months before D-day diligently acquainting himself with Allied leaders, men and material. He gives full marks to General Eisenhower, but his particular heroes are Lieut. Generals Walter Bedell ("Beedle") Smith, the planner, and Omar Bradley, the U.S.' field commander...