(February 12, 1893–April 8, 1981), was U.S. Military General. During World War II, he commanded the Second Army Corps in North Africa throughout the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns. He was the senior commander on the U.S. Ground Forces, 1944–45, for the invasion of France. In August of 1944, he led the 12th Army Group in France and Germany, consisting of 1,000,000 men in four armies. He was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 1948–49; made a five star general of the Army, 1950; and was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949–53.
In his address on Armistice Day, November 11, 1948, General Bradley stated:
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. … The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.3492