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7 unusual facts about Norman Schwarzkopf


Chuck Horner

During the Desert Shield phase of the conflict, Horner briefly served as Commander-in-Chief — Forward of U.S. Central Command; while General Schwarzkopf was still in the United States.

Jepson School of Leadership Studies

Particularly notable holders of this position have included: Leo K. Thorsness, Eugene W. Hickok, Tim Kaine, Mary Sue Terry, and Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr..

Metal Marines

He was educated in public schools and attended the General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Academy of Military Sciences.

Michel Roquejeoffre

Allied commander, U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. described Roquejeoffre in his memoirs as one of his most trusted confidants during the war.

Rick Francona

Immediately following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August, 1990 and through the Gulf War, Lt Col Francona was deployed to the Gulf as the personal interpreter and advisor on Iraqi armed forces to commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.

Safwan

The cease-fire negotiations between Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and the Iraqi delegation led by Lt Gen Sultan Hashim Ahmad took place in Safwan.

West Point Cemetery

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., commander of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War.


Marianna Hill

Hill is a cousin of the late American General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (retired), who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and of minimalist painter Heather Hutchison.

Mohammad Vali Mirza Farman Farmaian

Many advisors came including Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf and Dr Arthur Millspaugh who had previously been an advisor to Iran in the 1920s.

Nicholas John Benson

The most notable thing about the book are the introductions - one by Prince Andrew and the other by Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.

Persian Corridor

Col. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr., who at the outbreak of the war was serving as superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was in August 1942 put in charge of training the Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie.

Restigouche River

Among the VIPs who have been guests at the river's fishing lodges include the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, Hubert Humphrey, Ted Williams, Lord Beaverbrook, Bing Crosby, Louis St. Laurent, Maurice Richard, Norman Schwarzkopf, George H. W. Bush, and Brian Mulroney, to name but a few.


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