by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland. six hours after the landing, he wrote "we held only 10 yards of beach." in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been declared, as it was by one officer, a debacle. but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. success may not come with rushing speed, president roosevelt would say that night, but we shall return again and again. paratroopers fought through the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east, the british tore through the coast, fueled by the fury of attacks. -- fury of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to fight them on the beaches. the canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. and here, at omaha, troops who finally made it to the seawall used it as a shelter, where a general barnes, if you are , "ifere a general barked way.

general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland. six hours after the landings he wrote, we held only ten yards of beach. in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been declared, as it was by one officer, a debacle. but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. success may not come with rushing speed, president roosevelt would say that night, but we shall return again and again. and prayer troopers fought through the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east the british tore through the coast fueled by the foo you ary of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to fight them on the beaches. the canadians whose shores had not been touched by war drove far into france. and here at omaha, troops who finally made it to the sea wall used it as shelter where a general bart "if you're rangers, lead the way." by the end of that long

by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland. "six hours after the landings," he wrote, "we held only ten yards of beach." in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been declared, as it was by one officer, "a debacle." but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. "success may not come with rushing speed," president roosevelt would say that night, "but we shall return again and again." and paratroopers fought through the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east, the british tore through the coast, fueled by the fury of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to "fight them on the beaches." the canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. and here, at omaha, troops who finally made it to the seawall used it as shelter -- where a general barked, "if you're rangers, lead the way!" by the en

our last five-star marshal was omar bradley. he was the most decorated man in soviet history. one of the few heroes of the soviet union. he appeared and all of us had heard about him and none met him. he controlled his delegation in a way that was magnificent. we were dealing with guys who were taking enormous amount of time giving propaganda speeches. and he said i want to do business at 8:00 and another one about to offered and he started haranguing. he put his hand on the guy's arm, looked at him with a five-star stare, guy simmered down, he went back and said as we were saying. totally ignored that. and 2-3 times when they would fire up their ploy he would stare them down and say we are not doing that. and he made the greatest concession on the arms to what i consider a reasonable point of view. so that was from 8:00 at night until 8:20 the next morning. talked to him some and never saw him again. okay. then he appears in geneva the next year in 1987. we negotiated all day and they us out for dinner and i am with collin powell and george shultz and we are talking about arm

by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland.ding, we "we held only 10 yards of beach." in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been declared a debacle. but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. success may not come with rushing speed, president roosevelt would say that night, but we shall return again and again. paratroopers fought through the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east, the british tore through the coast. fueled by the fury of attacks. the canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. and here, at omaha, troops who finally made it to the seawall used it as a shelter, where a general barnes, if you are rangers, lead the way. by the end of that longest day, this beach had been fought, lost, re-fought and won. a piece of europe once again, liberated and free. hitler's wall was b

our last five-star marshal was omar bradley and he was the most decorated and soviet history. one of the few to be a hero of the soviet union and he appeared. all of us have heard about them and he controlled his delegation we have been dealing with all these guys who are ethically taking enormous amount of time given propaganda speeches. that night at 8:00, they said i want to do this is an sitting next to them started haranguing and what he did was amazing. he put his hand on the guys arm. look at them, gave them a five-star stared. simmer down and said as you were saying. two or three times with one of these guys would fire up there, propaganda, he would stare down. so yeah the greatest concessions on the strategic arms to what i consider a very reasonable point of view. and so without and so that was from 8:00 at night on saturday night until the next morning. the next morning it appears in geneva the next year in 1987 and we had been negotiating all day with the foreign minister of the soviet union had us for. i'm sitting with george shultz, secretary of state and we're t

by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland. six hours after the landings, he wrote, "we held only 10 yards of beach." in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been declared, as it was by one officer, a debacle. but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. success may not come with rushing speed, president roosevelt would say that night, "but we shall return again and again." and paratroopers fought through the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east, the british tore through the coast, fueled by the fury of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to fight them on the beaches. the canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. and here at omaha, troops who finally made it to the sea wall used it as shelter, where a general barked, "if you're rangers, lead the way." by the end of that l

chairman. >> omar bradley wanted to talk the m-16. i told him, it's a piece of crap. it's 1967. most of the people weren't even born then. he was 80 ow, something years old. he was taking notes. suddenly after that there were all kinds of changes to the system to change it so that no one else would die because of a weapons failure. that weapon is still being used today in the u.s. military, the had.est weapon we what if general bradley were here now, the last five-star general we had. kind of ironic, next week, of june, nvasion, 6th i just don't feel that there's a a sense of mand or urgency. you know, i'm not going to go over all of the things that have everything like that. but my feeling is who's going to and correct these things and, you know, i know you had a busy weekend, but if it's -- people are dying there, you got to work through the weekend. it's a 24-hour day. it's a seven-day -- you know, there's got to be a sense of urgency. and i'm coming away from this hearing that the lawyers run everything. there has to be certain made right away to change some of these policie

by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland.urs after the landings," he wrote, "we held only ten yards of beach." in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been declared, as it was by one officer, "a debacle." but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. "success may not come with rushing speed," president roosevelt would say that night, "but we shall return again and again."

by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland.er the landings he wrote we held only 10 yards of beach. in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would and roundly been declared, as it was by one officer, a debacle. but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of free men. success may not come with rushing speed, president roosevelt would say that night, but we shall return again and again. paratroopers fought throw the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east, the british tore through the coast fueled by the fury of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to fight them on the beaches. the canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. and here, in omaha, troops who finally made it to the sea wall used it as shelter. lead the way. by the end of that longest day, this beach had been fought, lost, refought, and won. a piece of europe,

by 8:30 a.m., general omar bradley expected our troops to be a mile inland. he wrote, we held only ten yards of beach. in this age of instant commentary, the invasion would have swiftly and roundly been decla declared, as it was by one officer, a debacle. but such a race to judgment would not have taken into account the courage of three men. success may not come with rushing speed, president roosevelt would say that night, but we shall return again and again. and paratroopers fought through the countryside to find one another, rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. to the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. to the east, the british tore through the coast fueled by the fury of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to fight them on the beaches. the canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. and here, at omaha, troops who finally made it to the sea wall used it as shelter, where a general barked, if you're rangers, lead the way. by the end of that longest day, this beach had b