Photos: General Norman Schwarzkopf dead at 78
December 27, 2012
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf salutes while a spectator waves a flag during welcome ceremonies Sunday morning at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., April 21, 1991. Schwarzkopf returned home after leading the allied victory in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Picture dated 23 Dec 90 of US Army General Norman Schwarzkopf (l) speaking with Commander of the U.S Forces in Saudi Arabia, General Colin Powell. BOB SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and General H. Norman Schwartzkopf, U.S. Army (Ret.) talk at an award ceremony for former President George H.W. Bush December 6, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The National Defense University Foundation awarded the former president the American Patriot Award. (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images)
President George H. Bush shakes hands with Desert Storm commander, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, as first lady Barbara Bush pins the Medal of Freedom on the general during a White House ceremony in Washington, Wednesday, July 3, 1991. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
President Bush, left, is introduced by retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of Operation Desert Storm, right, during a campaign rally at Legends Field, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
General Norm Schwarzkopf (R), central command forces commander for the "Desert Shield" operations, sits besides US National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft(C) and the White House Chief of Staff John Sununu (L) 15 August 1990, at the Pentagon,Washington, DC as they listen to US President George Bush. (KEVIN LARKIN/AFP/Getty Images)
US General Norman Schwarzkopf, the great figure of the 1991 Gulf War, gives the thumbs up in Kwait 17 April 1994 during the last day of joint Kuwaiti-American-British manoeuvres "Native fury". Schwarzkopf was invited to observe the exercises, the biggest in the emirate since the Gulf War. (QUTANIA/AFP/Getty Images)
US General Norman Schwarzkopf (R) shown in a photo dated 24 July 1991 being decorated with the medal of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, the highest distinction awarded to a foreign policy figure by General Maurice Schmitt, who headed the French contingent to the allied operation against Iraq, at a ceremony at the Aubagne base, the French Foreign Legion base, in Southern France. (ERIC CABANIS/AFP/Getty Images)
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, 6 foot 3 inch, 230 pound, four-star general stands out among soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division during a visit to the troops in the Saudi Arabian desert Saturday. (AP Photo)
President Bush shakes hands with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of Operation Desert Storm, during the National Victory Parade in Washington on Saturday, June 8, 1991. Thousands turned out to view the parade. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
US Commander General Norman Schwarzkopf (L) salutes Iraqi Lt. General Sultan Hasheem Ahmad at the end of their talks, 03 March 1991, at a captured Iraqi desert air-base to set cease-fire terms in the Persian Gulf war. (MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
King Fahd, second left, rides with U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf as they review U.S. troops at an airbase in eastern Saudi Arabia on Jan. 7, 1991. Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled the world's largest oil producing nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died early Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 the Saudi royal court said. He was said to be 84. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is shown at ease with his tank troops at Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, January 12, 1991. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
In this Jan. 12, 1991 file photo, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf stands at ease with his tank troops during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
Saudi Arabian King Fahd, left, stands at attention with Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, nicknamed ?The Bear,? commander of U.S. troops in the Gulf, during the king?s visit to review U.S. and allied troops in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Jan. 6, 1991. (AP Photo/Pool)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell, left, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, center, and Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf come together at the end of a military briefing in Riyadh, Sunday morning, Feb. 10, 1991. Cheney and Powell wind up a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia today. (AP Photo/Tannen Maury)
Flames erupt from targets during joint live fire exercises by the United States and Kuwaiti militaries at Udari, Kuwait, 20 miles from the Iraqi border Sunday, February 25, 2001. The exercises were held on the 10th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq, with former President George Bush and General Norman Schwarzkopf in attendance. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
U.S. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, left, and Saudi Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan, both seated at table facing camera, prior to the start of a meeting with Iraqi military leaders, foreground, to set the terms for a permanent cease-fire. Third from right in foreground is Iraqi Lt. Gen. Sultan Hasheem Ahmad. The meeting was held Sunday, March 3, 1991 at a captured Iraqi air base at Safwan, Iraq. (AP Photo/Pool )
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of U.S. forces in the Gulf, left, confers with Saudi Arabian Lt. Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan, commander of multinational forces in the area on Dec. 19, 1990 in Riyadh. The generals were awaiting the arrival on Wednesday of Defense Sec. Dick Cheney in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
U.S. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, center, and Iraqi Lt. Gen. Sultan Hasheem Ahmad, walk under tight security towards a tent on Sunday, March 3, 1991 at a captured Iraqi air base at Safwan, Iraq for a meeting to set the terms for a permanent cease-fire. Second from left is Saudi Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan, commander of the Arab forces. (AP Photo/Pool)
Commander of the U.S. forces in the Gulf, Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, is awarded the King Abdel Aziz Order of Merit by commander of the Arab forces Prince Khalid bin Sultan, left, prior to his departure for the United States on Saturday, April 20, 1991 in Riyadh. Schwarzkopf is the first non-Arab military person to receive this award. Man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf gives a thumbs up sign to the crowd along the beach at Kuwait City on Tuesday, March 12, 1991, after an impromptu tour of the area. While on the beach, Schwarzkopf filled a small bottle with sand and posed for pictures. This picture was made at noon with the sky blackened by oil smoke. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)
Gulf War commander, US four star general Norman Schwarzkopf (C), who commanded the international coalition which ousted Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, leaves 10 February 1991 in Riyadh the Hotel Hayatt under the watchful eyes of his bodyguards. (MICHEL GANGNE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commander of the U.S. Forces in the Gulf General H. Norman Schwarzkopf waves goodbye when boarding his plane in Riyadh on Saturday, April 20, 1991. Schwarzkopf is leaving Saudi Arabia definitively and is on his way to Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of U.S. troops in the Gulf, gazes from the window of his small jet on his way out to visit U.S. troops in the desert on Saturday, Jan. 13, 1991 in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, center, waves as he makes his way through the crowd during welcoming ceremonies on Sunday, April 21, 1991 at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. Schwarzkopf was given a heroes welcome after returning from eight months in the Persian Gulf .Directly behind the General is his wife Brenda. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf waves to the crowd after a military band played a song in his honor at welcome home ceremonies at MacDill Air Force Base on Sunday, April 22, 1991 in Tampa, Fla. Schwarzkopf returned to his U.S. Central Command after eight months in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of Operation Desert Storm, is given a standing ovation 08 May 1991, Washington,DC in the House of Representative chamber, where he was honored by members of Congress. Schwarzkopf thanked the Congress and the American people for their support during the war. KEVIN LARKIN/AFP/Getty Images
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 13, 1991 in Washington. Schwarzkopf testified that women should be excluded from some combat roles. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
President Bush gestures while posing for photographer with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf in the White House Rose Garden, April 23, 1991 in Washington. Schwarzkopf, just back from commanding the U.S.-led military victory over Iraq, joined the President for lunch at the White House. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and his daughter, Cynthia, take in the sites from the balcony at Churchill Downs as they wait for the start of the 117th running of the Kentucky Derby, Saturday, May 4, 1991 in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher)
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and his wife Brenda wave from a motorcade during a tribute to the men and women of Operation Desert Storm in Tampa, Florida, Sunday, May 5, 1991. (AP Photo)
Gulf war hero, former General H. Norman Schwarzkopf claps and sings along with 'I Can Be the Best I Can Be,' during a visit to a suburban Tampa camp for kids with Cancer, Friday, August 7, 1999. R.O.C.K. camp, Reach Out To Cancer, Kids, in a week long summer camp for kids with Cancer paid for by the American Cancer Society. Schwarzkopf said ?If I made one of these kids feel a little better today, it?s worth all the time in the world,? (AP Photo/Karan Fletcher)
U.S. Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of coalition forces during the Gulf War, salutes while inspecting an honor guard from the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, all 52 members of which served in Operation Desert Storm in London on Thursday, July 25, 1991. (AP Photo/Nigel Marple)
General Norman Schwarzkopf welcomes Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives at the U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Tampa, Florida on Monday, May 20, 1991. The queen, with her husband Prince Philip, concluded a four day trip in Florida with the Tampa tour where she bestowed the title of an honorary Knight to General Schwarzkopf. (AP Photo/Skip O'Rourke)
U.S. Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, left, and U.S. Naval Academy superintendent Rear Admiral Virgil L. Hill Jr., share a laugh before Schwarzkopf?s address at the academy?s graduation and commissioning ceremonies in Annapolis,, Wednesday, May 29, 1991. (AP Photo/Edwin Remsberg)
Former U.S. President George Bush, center, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, and retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, right, stand at attention during the playing of the National Anthem Monday, Feb. 26, 2001, at the American Embassy in Kuwait at the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)
Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf is surrounded by campers during his visit to R.O.C.K., Reaching Out to Cancer Kids Camp on Tuesday, August 3, 1993 in Brandon, Fla. Schwarzkopf visited their barracks and joined in a sing along with the children ages 6 to 18. The cancer stricken kids enjoying the camp this week are from northern Florida. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)
Retired Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf waives from the well of the House during session, Thursday, March 23, 2006, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Schwarzkopf was recognized in a Senate resolution for his lifetime service to the nation. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)
Retired Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf shakes the hand of of high school student Jeff Smith prior to being honored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society with the Patriot's Award during the Society's annual National Patriot's Dinner on September 12, 2002 in Shreveport, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Villafuerte/Gettyimages)
Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf (L) and George P. Bush, the son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, shake hands before President George W. Bush's remarks November 2, 2002 at the University of South Florida Sundome in Tamp, FL. President Bush was campaigning for his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who is running for re-election against Democrat Bill McBride. (Photo by Chris Livingston/Getty Images)
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf speaks at the 21st Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to benefit The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis at the Waldorf Astoria September 19, 2006 in New York City. The event honors sports legends for their great athletic achievements and has raised more than 32 million dollars for spinal cord injury research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. (Photo by Matt Szwajkos/Getty Images for Alan Taylor)
Retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of Desert Storm during the war against Iraq, is be seen on the big screen as he speaks via satellite from the battleship New Jersey to the Republican National Convention at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 01 August, 2000. STEVE JAFFE/AFP/Getty Images
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (C), Secretary of State Colin Powell (R) and former Commander in the Persian Gulf General Norman Schwarzkopf (Ret.) (L) pose for photographer during a segmental break of the taping of NBC's 'Meet the Press' February 9, 2003 at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. Powell said on the show Saddam Hussein "has only got a short period of time left to demonstrate compliance, or force will have to be used to bring him into compliance." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
In this May 27, 2006 file photo, Retired Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf attends the commencement ceremony at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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