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General Omar N. Bradley
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Throughout the history of SDSU, several well-known dignitaries in the military have been associated with the SDSU Army ROTC program. One of the first and perhaps the best known is the late Omar N. Bradley, a five-star general. Bradley came to SDSU in 1919 as a captain in the Army. He died April 8,1981. At the time of his death, Bradley was the highest ranking military officer in the nation. He remained on active duty through an act of Congress which exempted five star officers from retiring. Bradley logged more that 69 years of active duty, the longest of any serviceman in U.S. History. Bradley led an army group of 1.3 million U.S. troops during World War II - the largest body of American soldiers ever to serve under one field commander. While on campus, Bradley helped coach the football team, which beat the University of South Dakota that year, and established the boxing and wrestiling programs on campus. Bradley left SDSU in 1920 to teach at West Point Military Academy. He has served as Cheif of Staff, and was the first chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff. |
 |  | | Lt.Gen. Omar N. Bradley, left , commanding general of the 12th Army Group, stands among the ruins of Bastogne,Belgium, with Lt.Gen. George S.Patton Jr., commander, U.S. Third Army.(Feb.5,1945) |
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