He led US troops to victory over Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War. He risked his life for his men in Vietnam. (He was wounded in the process.) Authored It Doesn\’t Take A Hero. This former military man stayed out of politics after retiring from the Army.
Americans mourned a military legend after retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf died Thursday at age 78, leaving behind a legacy that most famously included driving Saddam Hussein\’s forces out of Kuwait.
Schwarzkopf died, in Tampa, from complications from pneumonia. He was remembered not only for his impressive military record, but his intelligence, his modesty and his warmth and dedication to fellow service members.
\”His epitaph should read that he was a soldier who loved solders,\” retired Gen. Bob Scales, who knew the late general, told Fox News.
Nicknamed \”Stormin\’ Norman,\” Schwarzkopf went on after he retired to support various national causes and children\’s charities while eschewing the spotlight and resisting efforts to draft him to run for political office.
He lived out a quiet retirement in Tampa, where he\’d served his last military assignment and where an elementary school bearing his name is testament to his standing in the community.
Schwarzkopf capped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Hussein\’s forces out of Kuwait in 1991 — but he\’d managed to keep a low profile in the public debate over the second Gulf War against Iraq, saying at one point that he doubted victory would be as easy as the White House and the Pentagon predicted.
HE OUTFOXED SADDAM AND THE WORLD WIDE MEDIA!
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