Personnel
Many Army officers present at the maneuvers later rose to very senior roles in World War II, including Omar Bradley, Mark Clark, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lesley J. McNair and George Patton.
General Omar Bradley later explained how the local population welcomed the soldiers with open arms. Some soldiers even slept in some of the residents' houses. Bradley said it was so crowded in those houses sometimes when the soldiers were sleeping, there would hardly be any walking room. Bradley also noted that a few of the troops were disrespectful towards the residents' land and crops. They would tear down crops for extra food. However, for the most part residents and soldiers established good relations.
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