Given the question: Facts: - px|link: defense distinguished service medal - death place: new york city , new york , u.s. - honorific prefix: general of the army - signature: omar n bradley signature.svg - birth name: omar nelson bradley - signature size: 180px - signature alt: signature , '' omar n bradley '' - battles: world war ii korean war - death date: 08 april 1981 - commands: chairman staff of the u.s. army '' see other commands '' of united states army infantry school 82nd infantry division 28th infantry the division u.s. ii corps first army 12th army group - joint background : #b 0c4de text-align : center ; chiefs of staff chief of - placeofburial: arlington national cemetery - awards: border - birth date: 12 february 1893 - birth place: randolph county , missouri , u.s. - rank: 25px general of the army Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of omar bradley .
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omar nelson bradley -lrb- february 12 , 1893 -- april 8 , 1981 -rrb- , nicknamed brad , was a field commander of the united states army who saw distinguished service in north africa and europe during world war ii , and later became general of the army .from the normandy landings of june 6 , 1944 through to the end of the war in europe , bradley had command of all u.s. ground forces invading germany from the west ; he ultimately commanded forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men , the largest body of american soldiers ever to serve under a u.s. field commander .after the war , bradley headed the veterans administration and became chief of staff of the united states army .in 1949 , bradley was appointed the first chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , and the following year oversaw the policy-making for the korean war , before retiring from active service in 1953 .bradley was the last of only nine people to hold five-star rank in the united states armed forces .