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Show wawi j vv k Page 7 THE DESERET SAMPLER, Friday, January 11, 1980 . t t' V .1 "Szeim t ? i ;r I KW YORK CITY - MAY 1966 - United States Military Academy, with Cadet Capt. Michael J. Iliggins Bradley inspects an honor guard of nrral of the Army Omar N. . cadets from his alma mater, the P of Adams, Mass, - Cadet Omar N. Bradley t "A buck for three years, he decided that during his first class year he'd wear a few chevrons himself, and after drilling the plebes in rudiments for three weeks came over to camp as "F Co., top. His greatest passion is baseball; "F Co. come next in order of rank. In baseball many an ing player has trifled once with Brad's throwing arm, but never twice. And a batting average of.383 is never to be sneexed at." "Although raised as a plebe in "A" Co., you couldn't pry him loose from "F Co. with a jimmy or a percy. He swears at, by, and for the Second Battalion Flankers, and witness his now famous remark . Sir, I would rather be first sergeant of F Co. than captain of any other company. And he really meant it. His most prominent character-- . istic is 'getting there, and if he keeps up the clp hes started, some of us will some day be bragging to our grandchildren that 'sure General Bradley was a classmate of mine. " . J The West Point Howitzer 1915 J -- - AUGUST 1944 -FRANCE Prime Minister Winston Churchill ..pays a visit to Lt. Gen. Omar N. ' WEST POINT Llierals mar N. -f- D'. jUNE 1965 - Class of 1915 at West Point. .V,1 . . v.V. g:r m wsvs wo w nation today needs men who think in terms of service to their country and hot in terms of their country9s debt to them General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, fThe II .v ( during the 50th class reunion of the Eisenhower and Dwight Bradley at Trophy Point 1950 - JANUARY chairman of Omar N. JAPAN Bradley, U.S. 12th Army Group commander. Gen-- 1 Bradley, Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, upon arriving in Japan to survey the Far East military situation. f y w - 'T J 1 (OChWMMw . -- t . |