Meme Stolen from [livejournal.com profile] kakizaki_b

Dec. 16th, 2008 12:27 pm
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I find it fitting. I liked Bradley actually.

Biography:

Born in Clark, Missouri, Omar Bradley was the son of a schoolteacher. He attended West Point and rose through the ranks in the period between World War I and World War II. Bradley reached the apex of his career in World War II and the years immediately following. Bradley succeeded George Patton as commander of the II Corps in 1943 and led it in the Tunisia and Sicily campaigns. He commanded the 1st Army in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. On August 1 he assumed command of the 12th Army Group, the largest field command in US history. After the war, he became head of the Veterans Administration. He then became army chief of staff, and in 1949 he became the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Leadership Attributes:

Personally, Bradley was self-effacing and quiet. He was often overshadowed by the more flamboyant Patton and MacArthur — which suited Bradley just fine. But he was innovative in his conception of war. He admired William Tecumseh Sherman, and thought he was a master of battle movements. In fact, he thought Sherman was more important than the commanders of battle units in World War I.




My other side....

Biography:

Douglas MacArthur was born in 1880, the son of Arthur MacArthur, who had been awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War and was the senior ranking officer in the army when he retired in 1906. Douglas MacArthur graduated West Point at the head of his class, setting the highest scholastic record at the academy in 25 years. In World War I, MacArthur helped organize the famed 42nd Infantry Division, better known as the "Rainbow Division." Following the war, MacArthur became the superintendent at West Point, the youngest officer to ever hold that post. In World War II, MacArthur was supreme commander for the Allied powers. In the Korean War, the general was named to direct U.N. forces in the defense of South Korea.
Leadership Attributes:

MacArthur was a brilliant and flamboyant general. One of his most famous exploits was the Inchon landings in Korea. While the bulk of the North Korean Army was kept occupied to the south, MacArthur planned a risky amphibious assault on Inchon that would trap the entire North Korean force. In lightning speed and with perfect operational execution, the troops landed and ultimately destroyed the North Korean army. MacArthur trusted more in battle than in diplomacy. Rather than seeking a diplomatic solution in Korea, he urged Truman to authorize moving troops into North Korean itself. And he advocated blockading and using nuclear weapons against China, which would risk all-out war.


Who would you be? http://www.military.com/LeaderShipTest/1,16183,main.htm,,00.html

Date: 2008-12-16 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kakizaki-b.livejournal.com
Bradley and Macarthur?

Dude...we approach things entirely differently dont we?

Its a fun 4 question meme though!

Date: 2008-12-16 08:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladycelia.livejournal.com
I was Sherman.

Date: 2008-12-16 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angry-american.livejournal.com
I liked Bradly too.

How did you obtain your "other" side?

-FW

Date: 2008-12-16 09:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toymaker.livejournal.com
answered the questions in the exact opposite way that I did the first time around.

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