Description
Signed limited edition of A Soldier’s Story by Omar N. Bradley.
Octavo, xix, 618pp. Beige cloth binding, top edge gilt. Title printed on spine and author’s facsimile signature on cover. Includes the publisher’s acetate dust jacket, chip to head of spine. Housed in the publisher’s slipcase, soiling to all panels, shelf wear. From a limited edition of 750 copies, this copy being unnumbered, signed by General Omar Bradley on the limitation page.
General Omar Bradley (1893-1981) was a decorated army commander during World War II. He commanded the II Corps during the Allied invasion of Sicily, the First United States Army during the invasion of Normandy and ultimately the Twelfth Army Group, which comprised all members of the United States Army serving in Western Europe and stands as the largest United States Army formation in history. After WWII, he served as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He became the last general to be promoted to the five-star rank, known as General of the Army.
