page_title: Omar Bradley
section_title: Assignment history
hierarchical_section_title: Omar Bradley / Summary of service / Assignment history
context_page_description: Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, holding the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War.
  Born in Randolph County, Missouri, Bradley worked as a boilermaker before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of "the class the stars fell on." During World War I, Bradley guarded copper mines in Montana. After the war, Bradley taught at West Point and served in other roles before taking a position at the War Department under General George Marshall. In 1941, Bradley became commander of the United States Army Infantry School.
  After the U.S. entrance into World War II, Bradley oversaw the transformation of the 82nd Infantry Division into the first American airborne division. He received his first front-line command in Operation Torch, serving under General George S. Patton in North Africa. After Patton was reassigned, Bradley commanded II Corps in the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Sicily.
context_section_description: August 1, 1911: Cadet, United States Military Academy, West Point
  June 12, 1915: 14th Infantry Regiment
  September 10, 1919: ROTC professor, South Dakota State College
  September 13, 1920: Instructor, United States Military Academy
  September 15, 1924: Infantry School Student, Fort Benning, Georgia
  October 1, 1925: Battalion Commander, 27th Infantry Regiment
  June 10, 1927: Office of National Guard and Reserve Affairs, Hawaiian Department
  August 31, 1928: Student, Command and General Staff School
  August 1, 1929: Instructor, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
  August 18, 1933: Student, United States Army War College
  June 30, 1934: Plans and Training Officer, United States Military Academy
  June 1, 1938: War Department General Staff, G-1 Chief of Operations Branch and Assistant Secretary of the General Staff
  March 5, 1941: Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
  February 19, 1942: Commanding General, 82nd Infantry Division
  June 25, 1942: Commanding General, 28th Infantry Division
  April 16, 1943: Commanding General, II Corps, North Africa and Sicily
  September 9, 1943: Commanding General, Field Forces European Theater
  March 6, 1944: Commanding General, First Army
  August 1, 1944: Commanding General, 12th Army Group
  August 15, 1945: Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration
  February 7, 1948: United States Army Chief of Staff
  August 15, 1949: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  August 19, 1953: Remained on active duty without an assignment
caption: Omar Bradley, General of the Army
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