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  Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman Schwarzkopf (born August 22, 1934), United States Army general who, while he served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Central Command, was commander of the Coalition Forces in the Gulf War of 1991.
Schwarzkopf served as a task force advisor to a South Vietnamese Airborne Division, Schwarzkopf was promoted from Captain to Major.
When Schwarzkopf received word that men under his command had encountered a minefield, he rushed to the scene in his helicopter, as was his custom while a battalion commander (to make available his helicopter).
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 Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (August 28, 1895 - November 25, 1958) was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, and had investigated the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
After receiving a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the cavalry, Schwarzkopf was sent to Europe to fight WWI as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, during which he was gassed with mustard gas, making him succeptable to respratory illnesses for the rest of his life.
Before retiring from the Army in 1953 with the rank of Major General, Schwarzkopf was sent by the CIA to convince the exiled Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to return to power there, going so far as to organize the security forces he trained to support the Shah.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Sr.   (374 words)

  
 Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born in Trenton, New Jersey to Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.
Schwarzkopf served as an adviser to the Vietnamese airborne division during his two combat tours in the Vietnam War and received the Purple Heart after being injured.
Schwarzkopf made general in 1978, and in 1983 was deputy commander during the US invasion of Grenada, and in 1988 was appointed to the U.S. Central Command.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Norman_Schwarzkopf   (372 words)

  
 Schwarzkopf, H. Norman on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Richmond Events Secures General H. Norman Schwarzkopf And Sir George Martin for Keynote Speeches; Desert Storm Hero and Beatles Producer to Give Opening and Closing Addresses At the 2003 Marketing Forum and Human...
Norman Schwarzkopf Keynote Speaker At Murphy Enterprise Center Leadership Luncheon.
Norman Schwarzkopf knows soldiers and loves them, knows war and hates it.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SchwarzkH1N1.asp   (467 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - H. Norman Schwarzkopfn_schwarzkopf_montvale
Norman Schwarzkopf was born in Trenton, N.J., on Aug. 22, 1934.
Schwarzkopf was designated the Deputy Commander of the Joint Task Force in charge of U.S. Forces participation in the Grenada student rescue operation in 1983.
Schwarzkopf is also the recipient of many impressive, and honorable civilian awards, as well, such as Father of the Year, the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence, Living Legends from the M.S. Anderson Foundation and Ambassador of Hope and Spirit of Hope Awards, as well as many others.
myhero.com /myhero/heroprint.asp?hero=n_schwarzkopf_montvale   (585 words)

  
 Norman Schwarzkopf
General Norman Schwarzkopf, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and celebrated leader of the Gulf War in 1991, is the son of the man who led the investigation into the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932.
Schwarzkopf spent a portion of his childhood in Iran, where his father had been sent to advise the Shah.
Schwarzkopf displayed extraordinary skills in coalition planning, as he worked together with representatives of the many armies fighting Iraq.
www.multied.com /Bio/people/Schwarzkopf.html   (222 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Desert Caution
Schwarzkopf is one of the nation's best-known military officers, with name recognition second only to his former boss, Secretary of State Powell.
Schwarzkopf was never as lionized in military circles as he was by the general public.
Schwarzkopf raised eyebrows across the Army when, in his Gulf War memoir, he denounced one of his generals, Frederick Franks, for allegedly moving his 7th Corps in a "plodding and overly cautious" manner during the attack on the Iraqi military.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A52450-2003Jan27?language=printer   (2491 words)

  
 Norman Schwarzkopf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Schwarzkopf was born on August 22, 1934, in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of a West Point graduate who made a career in the state police and the U.S. Army reserves.
Schwarzkopf served on the West Point faculty for two years, attended the Army Command and General Staff College, gained an early promotion to lieutenant colonel, and returned to Vietnam, During 1969-70 he commanded the First Battalion, Sixth Infantry, 198th Infantry Brigade, of the Twenty-third (Americal) Infantry Division.
Schwarzkopf proved to be the right general at the right time in the right war.
www.carpenoctem.tv /military/schwarzkopf.html   (831 words)

  
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 IPFW presents Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf on March 30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norman Schwarzkopf as a fund-raiser for the IPFW Gates Athletic Scholarship Fund.
Schwarzkopf's command ultimately responded to the crisis with the largest U.S. deployment of troops since the Vietnam War, including portions of the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as units from dozens of nations around the world.
Schwarzkopf is a national spokesman for the Recovery of the Grizzly Bear and for prostate cancer awareness.
www.purdue.edu /UNS/html3month/981211.Schwarzkopf.html   (499 words)

  
 Biography of Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, lead investigator in the Lindbergh kidapping case.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norman Schwarzkopf, lead investigator in the Lindbergh kidapping case.
Norman Schwarzkopf graduated from West Point in 1917 and left for Europe to serve in the First World War.
Schwarzkopf returned to military service in 1940, ultimately achieving the rank of Brigadier General, and later helped to organize and train the Iranian police force.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/schwarzkopf.html   (258 words)

  
 frontline: the gulf war: oral history: norman schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf: I had just flown home from the briefing that I'd given the Joint Chiefs and it was an evening time and the hotline rung in my home and it was Colin Powell on the other end of the line.
Schwarzkopf: In the early plans of Central Command made for this part of the world, there was always the assumption that we would have to take everything in with us, that we would have to even build our own ports.
Schwarzkopf: After Secretary Cheney concluded his remarks, there was an ongoing conversation that occurred in Arabic among the King and the member of the Royal Family that were in the room with him.
www2.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/schwarzkopf/1.html   (3347 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Schwarzkopf draws prostate cancer battle plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But today Schwarzkopf, 66, is tackling a new enemy that threatens the lives and well-being of millions of American men — and this time his strategy is to fight the battle out in the open.
Schwarzkopf, a board member of the Association for Cure of Cancer of the Prostate (CaP CURE), says prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in the USA, representing 25% of all new cancer cases.
Schwarzkopf says he knows men also avoid screening because they fear that a positive diagnosis will result in a premature end to their sex lives.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlight/2001-06-13-norman-prostate.htm   (1540 words)

  
 Today's Jolt | General Norman Schwarzkopf is against going to war with Iraq. Since he messed things up so bad the first ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Schwarzkopf, after all, is the hard-nosed general who defeated Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the 1991 Gulf War.
Schwarzkopf permitted Iraq -- as part of the agreement that ended the Gulf War -- to use helicopters to fly around the country.
Schwarzkopf and his forces sat back and allowed the Republican Guards to massacre courageous Iraqis who did exactly what Bush had told them to do.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/daily/documents/02677933.htm   (637 words)

  
 General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Biography -- Academy of Achievement
Norman Schwarzkopf returned to the United States and earned a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California.
Schwarzkopf feigned an amphibious landing on Kuwait, drawing the bulk of Iraqi forces and exposing their west flank to the Allied advance.
General Schwarzkopf is in great demand as a public speaker and, in recent years, has used his fame to raise public awareness of prostate cancer.
www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/sch0bio-1   (1450 words)

  
 CSIndy: Stormin' Norman Speaks (January 17, 2002)
Schwarzkopf's neighbors include Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey and the four-star general is more content to terrorize ski slopes or the local trout population than terrorists hiding in caves.
These days Schwarzkopf, who's owned a home in Telluride since retiring in 1991 after serving as commander of operations in Desert Storm, is happy to leave the fighting to someone else.
Schwarzkopf, who says he's had no official dialogue with U.S. government or military officials since the war started in Afghanistan, cautions against hawks calling for the United States to take the war on terrorism to Iraq.
www.csindy.com /csindy/2002-01-17/news2.html   (682 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - It Doesn't Take a Hero, by H. Norman Schwarzkopf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But were it not for that war, Norman Schwarzkopf would probably not have had the chance to tell the rest of his life...
...But were it not for that war, Norman Schwarzkopf would probably not have had the chance to tell the rest of his life story, beginning with his boyhood in New Jersey, through his years as a cadet at West Point, his two tours in Vietnam, and his subsequent military service...
...Schwarzkopf's encounter with destiny began in July 1988, when he was appointed commander-inchief of Central Command (Centcom), the American forces responsible for the defense of the Persian Gulf...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V95I1P56-1.htm   (2442 words)

  
 VFMAC Notable Alumni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His father, also called General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, served in World War I, and when the United States entered World War II, he returned to active duty and rose to the rank of brigadier general.
Schwarzkopf's command ultimately responded with the largest U.S. deployment since the Vietnam War, including portions of the Navy, Air Force and marine Corps, as well as units from dozens of nations around the world.
Schwarzkopf’s decorations include five Distinguished Service Medals, three Silver Stars, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Order of the Legion of Honor, and decorations from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
www.vfmac.edu /alumni/bio_Schwarzkopf.shtml   (512 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Military (Norman Conquest)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked if he didn't think there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America.
SCHWARZKOPF: Well, I think it’s important only because the man on the street in the Middle East, you know, believes that he
General Schwarzkopf was asked last week how it was possible to fight an enemy willing and ready to die for his cause.
www.snopes.com /military/norman.htm   (748 words)

  
 USRF - Norman Schwarzkopf: The Man's Cancer
Schwarzkopf had little idea how formidable that enemy is. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 1996, 317,000 Americans will be told they have prostate cancer, more than the 184,000 new cases of breast cancer and nearly a quarter of all non-skin cancers expected this year.
Their role is now being played by Schwarzkopf, who, after learning that his cancer had not metastasized, quickly decided on major and somewhat risky surgery--a radical prostatectomy--to excise the prostate gland.
Schwarzkopf made a speedy recovery from the surgery, is now cancer free and, as spokesman for Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, lectures regularly, warning men over 50 about their risks.
www.usrf.org /news/010815-Norman_Schwarzkopf_CaP.html   (4203 words)

  
 Military.com Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Schwarzkopf acknowledges applause as he receives a hero's welcome in Congress on May 8, 1991.
In-country from 1965 to 1966 and again from 1969 to 1970, he was angered by the lack of support at home and "distressed by the war's toll on morale and morality," one journalist wrote.
Schwarzkopf wrote, "There were some times [in Vietnam] when I would think to myself.
www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_schwarzkopf_bkp   (451 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Stormin' Norman: Don't rush into war
General Schwarzkopf, who became known as "Stormin' Norman" during the 1991 Gulf War, called for United Nations weapons inspectors to be given more time to assess whether Iraq had any illegal weapons.
General Schwarzkopf praised his former comrade-in-arms, US Secretary of State Colin Powell, but said he was "somewhat nervous" about comments made by the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld.
General Schwarzkopf led US troops to victory in a UN-sanctioned allied military operation that followed Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2705275.stm   (353 words)

  
 General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: America's Creed: Duty, Honor, Country
For retired Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, class of ‘56, these patriotic pillars have served as the foundation for his outstanding military leadership to the American people for all these years.
To his troops, General Schwarzkopf, the burly and emotional commander, was affectionately referred to as “The Bear.” It was his style of leadership that was more demanding and trusting than any of our country’s previous leaders.
General Schwarzkopf, the allies and our best trained, best equipped, soldiers and officers, stood their ground, accomplished their objectives and minimized the number of casualties, all in record time.
www.usdreams.com /Schwarzkopf.html   (549 words)

  
 IAC/InterActiveCorp - Board of Directors Profiles - Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Norman Schwarzkopf has been a director of IAC since December 1996.
Since his retirement from the military in August 1991, Gen. Schwarzkopf has been an author, a lecturer and a participant in several television specials and works with NBC Universal, Inc. as a consultant.
He is also on the Nature Conservancy’s President’s Conservation Council, co-founder of the Boggy Creek Gang, a member of the University of Richmond Board of Trustees, and serves on the Boards of Directors of Remington Arms Company and Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate.
www.iac.com /index/management/board_of_directors/bio_bod_nschwarzkopf.htm   (146 words)

  
 Notes from teleconference with General Norman Schwarzkopf - EmergingLeader.com
Schwarzkopf was astonished by the task that he now needs to handle without him being ready for it.
Schwarzkopf clarified his answer after Saeed Khabbaz from Aramco asked if the culture issue should be ignored.
Everyone knew such a decision was a persident's decision and it was Schwarzkopf duty to obey it.
www.emergingleader.com /schwarzkopf.shtml   (1759 words)

  
 Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
As Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command, General Schwarzkopf led U.S. and allied forces in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Testimony of General Schwarzkopf January 29, 1997 to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on the Gulf War illnesses issue.
Witness: General Norman Schwarzkopf (March 6, 1990), provides an overview of CENTCOM operations and defense strategies in Southwest Asia.
www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/great/schwar.htm   (913 words)

  
 Air Sorties during Desert Storm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
*Norman Schwarzkopf, also known as "Stormin Norman" and "the Bear" was in charge of all military forces in the Persian Gulf region.
Intelligent and fluent in French and German, Gen. Schwarzkopf was regarded as essential not only to winning Operation Desert Storm, but maintaining the multinational coalition.
There is little room for Schwarzkopf to grow in the military.
www.leyden.com /gulfwar/schwarz.html   (306 words)

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