Bradley sacked Terry Allen and Theodore Roosevelt Junior from the Big Red One, in Sicily. He sacked others. He was also Ike’s stoolie in II Corps when Patton was the CG.
And good old Brad honed his “Infantryman’s General” persona with as much of a vengeance as Pistol Packin’ Georgie did with his. But at least his mother never lobbied for him [including pushing for medals in WW I] like Dougie’s did.
The one Bradley should have sacked was Courtney Hodges. When the Germans broke through the Ardennes starting the Battle of the Bulge, Hodges was so confused and upset over the surprise assault on his weakest point of the line that he took to his bed. General Kean, fortunately his able CoS, issued the initial orders that kept that situation from turning into a complete rout.
It still amazes me that the front at the Ardennes was manned the way it was. No one learned the lesson from the initial push into France in 1940....or 1870 for that matter. You’d think one of them would have remembered the “Miracle of Sedan”.
That's interesting. MacArthur, known for leading trench raids from the front while unarmed was awarded a lot of medals in WWI. Because his mother was stateside and understanding communications in that era, how was MacArthur's mother involved in his being awarded medals for service in WWI?