Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

A group of military and government officials are shown seated together while attending a fifth Joint Civilian Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Identification includes left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson (holding gun), Secretary of Defense; General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff; and Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews.

A group of military and government official are shown seated together while attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Identification includes left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson, with gun in hands, Secretary of Defense; J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of the Army; and Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy.

A group of invited individuals are shown having just departed from a United States Air Force airplane. They include left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense; unidentified; Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; and W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force. They are attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949.

Members of the Presidential party enjoy a remark by General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far left, second row with face partially hidden, during Problem 2361 (Tank-Infantry-Artillery in the Attack) at Fort Benning, Georgia. President Harry S. Truman is seated on the first row, center. On the right of Truman is Brooke Claxton, Minister of Defense of Canada and to Mr. Truman's left is Major General Withers A. Burress, Commanding General of the Infantry Center. General Mark Clark, Commander AFF is seated far left, 3rd row.

Military leaders are standing near the building where the Wake Island Conference took place between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur regarding Communist aggression in the Far East. Standing from left to right: Vice Admiral Arthur W. Radford, General Douglas MacArthur, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and General Omar Bradley.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) receives a sheet of stamps honoring General Omar Bradley (seated, right) being appointed Army Chief of Staff. Standing from left to right are: General Harry Vaughan, Colonel Robert Landry, Captain Robert Dennison, and Commander Harold Gutekunst. These stamps will raise money for a trophy room honoring General Bradley in the public library in Moberly, Missouri, General Bradley's hometown.

From left to right: General Dwight Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and General Omar Bradley. General Eisenhower is swearing in General Bradley as the new Army Chief of Staff.

General Omar N. Bradley talks to his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bradley, after assuming his new duties as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (left), at Nuuanu Pali Lookout, Oahu, Hawaii during President Truman's layover before heading to Wake Island.

President Harry S. Truman looks through his binoculars at airplanes flying overhead during the Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. Standing up is General Hoyt Vandenberg. Seated behind President Truman, in the military hat is General Omar Bradley. All others are unidentified.