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War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
Omar N. Bradley
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Omar N. Bradley
Age: 88 †
Born: 1893
Born: February 12
Died: 1981
Died: April 8
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Clark
Missouri
Omar Nelson Bradley
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