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General '''H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.''' (August 22, 1934 – December 27, 2012) was the Commander of the U.S. Central Command that delivered a decisive victory over [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Iraq in the first Gulf War, [[Operation Desert Storm]]. In a little over 7 months he liberated [[Kuwait]] as mandated by [[U.N.]] resolution 678. His giant personality at public press conferences earned Schwarzkopf the nickname Stormin' Norman. He preferred to be known as "the Bear," a nickname given to him by his troops. <ref>[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-source-retired-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-dies AP SOURCE: RETIRED GEN. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF DIES]</ref>
Schwarzkopf was born in Trenton, [[New Jersey]] and followed in the footsteps of his father by attending [[West Point]]. He had a masters degree from the [[University of Southern California]].