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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Feb 28, 2013 23:42:14 GMT -5
.WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf is being laid to rest at West Point.
A memorial service for the Desert Storm commander famously nicknamed "Stormin' Norman" will be held at the U.S. Military Academy's chapel Thursday afternoon. His remains will be buried afterward at West Point's cemetery.
Schwarzkopf commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991. He was 78 when he died in Tampa on Dec. 27 of complications from pneumonia.
Schwarzkopf graduated West Point in 1956 and later served two tours in Vietnam.
Schwarzkopf will be buried near his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2013 9:23:35 GMT -5
I thought he was a fine man, an excellent leader and a gentleman. I can't think of anything better to say about a man than that.
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Post by boxcar on Mar 1, 2013 11:32:08 GMT -5
One if the finest generals since Patton.
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Post by Swampy on Mar 1, 2013 12:56:33 GMT -5
He had a great life - West Point graduate, son of a prominent soldier and citizen, and, of course, a heroic general.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2013 13:03:30 GMT -5
This Country will never have enough Schwarzkopf's .
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Mar 1, 2013 14:19:56 GMT -5
He entered active duty a year after I did so I actually outranked him ....for a while...
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Post by Swampy on Mar 1, 2013 17:38:19 GMT -5
He entered active duty a year after I did so I actually outranked him ....for a while... So what happened? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2013 17:51:48 GMT -5
My best friend and mentor Jerry became an excellent signals officer , not everyone can be a General .
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Mar 2, 2013 9:59:23 GMT -5
He entered active duty a year after I did so I actually outranked him ....for a while... So what happened? ;D I also served in the 82d with his deputy (LTG Cal Waller) when Cal was a lowly Major and assistant S3 while I was the S1.
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