Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Dies At 78
Known as "Stormin' Norman" for his notorious temper, Schwarzkopf was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command in 1988.
He was named commander of a U.N. coalition organized to drive out Saddam Hussein's forces after the Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in August 1990. Codenamed "Operation Desert Storm", Schwarzkopf led an aerial assault in January 1991 and a ground campaign in late February that led to a cease-fire and end of the eight-month-long Gulf War on February 28.
Schwarzkopf graduated from West Point in 1956 and received his M.S. in mechnical engineering from USC in 1964.
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