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General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. KCB (/ ˈ ʃ w ɔːr t s k ɒ f / SHWORTS-kof; 22 August 1934 – 27 December 2012) was a United States Army general.While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq.
After the ground offensive, General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. of the coalition forces wanted a spot deep in Iraq to discuss the capitulation terms. He chose Safwan Airfield in southern Iraq to hold a formal cease-fire ceremony, as a demonstration that the coalition was in control of the war.
Schwarzkopf suspected gang involvement, as kidnapping was a common criminal enterprise during the Great Depression, and wanted to contact members of the underworld, but during the course of the investigation, John F. Condon, a 72-year-old retired Bronx schoolteacher, became an intermediary between Lindbergh and the kidnappers after he placed an ...
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Marianna Schwarzkopf, American actress known by the name of Marianna Hill, cousin of Norman Schwarzkopf Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. (1895–1958), first superintendent of the New Jersey state police Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934–2012), United States Army general, leader of coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War
General Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War. General Order No. 1 was a general order issued by General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. to United States Central Command in the Middle East during the Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm). The order contains provisions restricting the behavior of troops and was intended to show respect to the ...
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf could refer to: Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. (1895-1958), United States Army general and first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934-2012), United States Army general and commander of Coalition Forces in the Gulf War
On 14 February 1966, Schwarzkopf led a paratrooper assault on a Viet Cong position Was this US or Vietnamese paratroops? Fixed. — Ed! (talk) 01:51, 20 March 2013 (UTC) After ten months of front-line duty, Schwarzkopf was pulled from the front by MACV and reassigned as senior staff adviser for civil affairs to the ARVN Airborne Division.