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Date: 6/8/2012 Album ID: 1484333
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by Tim O'Neil --- Missouri’s own four-star Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley was honored here on June 11, 1945, with a massive parade downtown and a dinner at the Hotel Jefferson. One month before, he had led the million-man Twelfth Army Group to victory in Germany. Americans were still dying on Okinawa and in the air over Japan, but the homefront deserved a break.
Omar Bradley 1910, shortly before he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Bradley was born on Feb. 12, 1893, in Clark, Mo., and moved 10 miles north to Moberly at age 13. His future wife, Mary Quayle, also was a member of the Moberly High School class of 1910. Bradley served in Europe during World War II and commanded the million-man 12th Army Group when Germany surrendered in May 1945. The four-star general was known as the doughboy's general because of his attention to the daily needs and lives of his soldiers. (Post-Dispatch files)
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Army Gen. Omar Bradley speaks to the hometown crowd at Anthill Park in Moberly, Mo., on June 9, 1945, one month after Germany's surrender. Bradley urged Americans to support creating some kind of international organization to prevent another world war... I don't want to go to another war. (Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley and his wife, Mary, arrive by an U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport at Lambert Field on June 11, 1945, after a flight from Moberly. The Bradley's were honored with a ticker-tape parade downtown and a dinner at the Hotel Jefferson, 12th (Tucker) Boulevard and Locust St. The arrow points to Bradley. (Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley shakes hands with St. Louis Mayor Alloys Kaufmann at Lambert Field. Between them is Bradley's daughter, Elizabeth Leukemia, and her husband, Lt. Henry Leukemia. Bradley's wife, Mary is standing behind him. (Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley tours photographs of the Nazi death camp near Gotha, Germany, on display at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1111 Olive Street. Bradley had toured the camp on April 12, 1945, with fellow generals Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton. (Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley waving to adoring crowds as the parade in his honor rolls eastward Olive Street 12th (Tucker) Boulevard. At right is his wife Mary. At left is Margaret Kaufmann, wife of Mayor Alloys Kaufmann. (Art Witman/Post-Dispatch)
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Sailors march past Gen. Omar Bradley, other officers and dignitaries on the reviewing stand at Soldiers Memorial, 1315 Chestnut St. Bradley took a position there after riding in the lead of the parade. (Post-Dispatch)
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Office workers in the Laclede Gas Building, 11th and Olive streets, throw confetti as Gen. Omar Bradley's convertible passes by during the parade downtown. (Art Witman/Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley speaks at Soldiers Memorial after the parade ended. He thanked war-industry workers and urged Americans to remain strong in the continuing war against Japan. Germany had surrendered one month before, but Japan wouldn't surrender until August. (Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley presents posthumous military decorations to the families of two of his soldiers who were killed in Europe. With him is (center) Mary Jo Edwards, widow of Lt. Vernon Edwards of St. Louis; and Lucille Mommsen of Kirkwood, mother of Pac. Leonard Mommsen. Lt. Edwards, a machine gunner on the turret of a tank, was killed by a sniper during a battle for a bridge on Nov. 11, 1944, and Pac. Mommsen also was killed in action on Feb. 26. Each was honored with a Distinguished Service Medal. (Post-Dispatch)
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St. Louisa's applaud Gen. Omar Bradley at Soldiers Memorial. (Post-Dispatch)
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A woman takes a photograph during the event at Soldiers Memorial. (Post-Dispatch)
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Another view of the crowd at Soldiers Memorial. (Post-Dispatch)
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Some of the people in the crowd at Soldiers Memorial during Gen. Omar Bradley's speech and presentations after the parade on June 11, 1945. (Post-Dispatch)
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May. Gen. William H. Arnold of St. Louis greets Gen. Omar Bradley at the Hotel Jefferson, 12th (Tucker) Boulevard and Locust Street, for a dinner after the parade downtown June 11, 1945. Arnold commanded the Army's Americal Division in the Philippines. (Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley is introduced to 1,002 guests in the Gold Room of the Hotel Jefferson, on the evening of June 11, 1945, following the big parade downtown. The dinner was sponsored by the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. Bradley is at the podium preparing to speak. (Sam Caldwell/Post-Dispatch)
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Gen. Omar Bradley waving to adoring crowds as the parade in his honor rolls eastward on Washington Avenue at 12th (Tucker) Boulevard. At right is his wife Mary. At left is Margaret Kaufmann, wife of Mayor Alloys Kaufmann. (Art Witman/Post-Dispatch)
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