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Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

President Truman with Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and others at Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman attends ceremonies at the U. S. Group Control Council Headquarters in Berlin, Germany where the first American flag was raised over the headquarters (Flag of Liberation). Foreground, from left to right: Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lieutenant General George Patton, President Truman, Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, and General Omar Bradley. In the background, between General Patton and President Truman, is Truman's Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman. Others are unidentified.

Dwight D. Eisenhower touring a liberated concentration camp

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, watches while former occupants of a German concentration camp at Gotha demonstrate how they were tortured by the Nazis operating the camp. General Eisenhower visited the camp during a tour of the Third Army Front. General Omar N. Bradley, 12th Army Group CG, and Lt. General George S. Patton, 3rd Army CG, are at Eisenhower's right. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

United States Army commanders viewing charred bodies of prisoners

Charred bodies of prisoners burned in the concentration camp at Gotha, Germany, are viewed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, and a party of high ranking U.S. Army officers. In the group are: General Omar N. Bradley, C.G., 12th Army Group; Lt. General George S. Patton, C.G., 3rd U.S. Army; and Maj. General Manton Eddy, C.G., 12th Corps. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."

President Harry S. Truman Signing the Unification Bill for the Armed Forces

President Harry S. Truman signing the Armed Forces Unification Bill with guests. From left to right, Senator Richard B. Russell, unidentified admiral, General Omar Nelson Bradley, Louis A. Johnson, General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Senator Styles Bridges, unidentified male, unidentified male, Fred M. Vinson, Stuart Symington, Stephen T. Early, and John W. Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman in Conference on the USS Williamsburg

President Harry S. Truman meets with a delegation of officials from Great Britain on board the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. Standing, from left to right: Ambassador Walter S. Gifford, General Omar Nelson Bradley, Sir Oliver Franks, Lord F. A. Cherwell, Lord Hastings Ismay, and W. Averell Harriman. Seated, from left to right: Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, and Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett.