NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF 1934 U.S ARMY GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN 1934 NATIONAL DEFENSE VIETNAM WAR REGION MIDDLE EAST REGION CARIBBEAN U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GLOBAL RELATIONS BORN IN TRENTON NEW JERSEY NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF WAS BORN INTO A MILITARY FAMILY IN 1956 HE GRADUATED FROM THE U.S MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT HE SERVED TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN VIETNAM IN 1983 SCHWARZKOPF WAS NAMED MAJOR GENERAL AND LEADER OF THE U.S INVASION OF GRENADA AFTER BEING MADE A FOUR STAR GENERAL IN 1986 SCHWARZKOPF WORKED AT THE PENTAGON AS DEPUTY CHIEF FOR OPERATIONS AND PLANS IN 1988 HE BECAME COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S CENTRAL COMMAND WHERE HE CREATED PLANS IN CASE OF AN INVASION IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE PLANS WERE USEFUL IN 1990 WHEN IRAQ INVADED KUWAIT LEADING TO OPERATION DESERT STORM SCHWARZKOPF LEAD AMERICAN AND ALLIED INTERNATIONAL FORCES IN THE LIBERATION OF KUWAIT AFTER THE IRAQI SURRENDER SCHWARZKOPF RETIRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IT DOESN'T TAKE A HERO WAS PUBLISHED THE FOLLOWING YEAR
