GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY'S 5-STAR LICENSE PLATE.

Military issue, Korean War era 5-star license plate attributed to General Omar Bradley via oral history from the current owner. Bradley had a long and distinguished career in the U.S. Army, and was the last of America's 5-star generals. He entered the US Army Military Academy in 1912. Graduating from West Point in 1915 Bradley held a number of assignments and missed World War I guarding copper mines in Montana. After the U.S. entry into World War II, he oversaw the transformation of the 82nd Infantry Division into the first American airborne division. He received his first front-line command in Operation Torch, serving under General George S. Patton in North Africa. After Patton was reassigned, Bradley commanded II Corps in the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Sicily. He commanded the First United States Army during the invasion of Normandy. After the breakout from Normandy, he took command of the Twelfth United States Army Group, which ultimately comprised forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men, the largest body of American soldiers ever to serve under a single field commander. After the war, Bradley headed the Veterans Administration. He was appointed as Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1948 and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1949. In 1950, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army, becoming the last of the nine individuals promoted to five-star rank in the United States Armed Forces. The plate itself corresponds to the same materials and construction of other historic flag officer license plates handled by Morphy Auctions and this cataloger. The paint and measurements are an exact match to numerous plates in museum and institution holdings. Included is a signed vintage photo of Bradley that was given to one of the previous owners when he acquired the plate from the General. CONDITION: Very Good with light period wear.

Item Dimensions: 16" x 12"

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