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Born August 22, 1934

Trenton, New Jersey

American General who commanded victorious Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War

"Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for."

H. Norman Schwarzkopf in U.S. News and World Report.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf led U.S. military forces through the Persian Gulf War. Iraq's swift and decisive defeat at the hands of the U.S.-led Allied forces, combined with Schwarzkopf's charismatic personality and fierce loyalty to his troops, made him an American military hero.

Son of a famous military father

Norman Schwarzkopf was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on August 22, 1934. His parents were Ruth (Bowman) Schwarzkopf and Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, a World War I general who went on to become the founding...