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The Not Old - Better Show

#133 General Omar Bradley, America's GI General

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Paul Vogelzang

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51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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#133, General Omar Bradley, America's GI General

Author Interview with Steven L. Ossad

A new book details “America’s GI General,” a full biography of General Omar Nelson Bradley. Award winning author, military historian, leadership development expert, and former Wall Street executive, Steve Ossad joins us today on The Not Old Better Show.

Steve’s new book, Omar Nelson Bradley, America’s GI General, is the subject of our show today, and this book is wonderful, and in terms of it’s depth of research and understanding of this fascinating man, it is worth the read!

Bradley is credited with doing much to improve the military health care system and with helping veterans receive their educational benefits under the G. I. Bill of Rights. Let’s listen to Bradley himself, in this quote about the VA and helping shape it into the veteran’s administration support agency it is today.

Enjoy.

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Welcome to the Not All Better Show and your host, Holism. A new book details America's GI General,

0:18.0

a full biography of General Omar Nelson Bradley.

0:22.0

Award-winning author, military historian,

0:25.0

Leadership Development Expert,

0:27.0

and former Wall Street Executive Steve Osad

0:29.0

joins us today on the Not Old Better Show.

0:32.0

Omar Bradley is remembered now, mostly as the great tactical commander in the Western theater during World War II and the most important American Army Group

0:47.2

commander in that theater with more than 1.3 million men under his command on V.E. Day.

0:56.0

But perhaps more important is his role in the post-war world between 1945 and 1952, when as a principal advisor and

1:08.6

partner to Harry Truman, he shaped not only the VA of which he was the first post-war

1:17.4

administrator, but also the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

1:22.4

during which he faced his

1:25.1

greatest challenge the Korean War. That of course is our guest today Steve

1:30.1

O'sab. Steve's new book, Omar Nelson Bradley, America's GI General,

1:37.0

is the subject of our show today,

1:38.5

and in terms of its depth of research

1:40.5

and understanding of this fascinating man, it is worth the read.

1:45.0

Of course, Bradley is credited with doing much to improve the military health care system

1:49.3

and with helping veterans receive their educational benefits under the GI Bill of Rights.

1:55.0

Before we talk to Steve, let's listen to Bradley himself in this quote about the VA

2:01.0

and helping shape it into the Veterans Administration Support Agency it is today.

2:06.0

And as a memory of heroic battles on sea, land, and in the air,

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