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OMAR N. BRADLEY (1893 - 1981) American general of World War II who commanded the largest ground force ever led by one man. He was later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Fine association war-date T.L.S. "Brad", 1p. 4to., "Headquarters First United States Army", Apr. 15, 1944 to Lt. Gen. WALTER BEDELL SMITH who has himself initialed the letter "W.B.S." at bottom. Bradley discusses a "Colonel Rau", a field officer who seeks to transfer from the 2nd Armored Division: "...but we turned him down for certain reasons..." Bradley also states that he will try to avoid adding staff: "...until sometime after we have gotten into combat..." Folds, file holes at top, and dockets, still very good. WALTER BEDELL SMITH (1895-1961) served as Eisenhower's chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters during the Tunisia Campaign and the invasion of Italy, and chief of staff at SHAEF in the campaign in Western Europe from 1944-45.