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Desert Storm Commander Norman Schwarzkopf Dies

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on: December 28, 2012, 03:18:12 PM
Heard this morning.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/desert-storm-commander-norman-schwarzkopf-dies-18080706

Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname.
 
The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander's reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him that rough-and-ready moniker. But others around the general, who died Thursday in Tampa, Fla., at age 78 of complications from pneumonia, knew him as a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure who preferred the somewhat milder sobriquet given by his troops: "The Bear."

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Reply #1 on: December 28, 2012, 04:21:31 PM
Probably not many generals of his caliber left.

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Reply #2 on: December 28, 2012, 05:05:05 PM
An assessment of him being a Great Captain has not been made. His time in the sun was brief, the enemy not so difficult. That he did a good job of it is not to be disputed.
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