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RIP Norman Schwarzkopf

Started by Caliga, December 27, 2012, 08:07:18 PM

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Caliga

December 27, 2012, 08:07:18 PM
Dead at 78. :(
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derspiess

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December 27, 2012, 08:09:10 PM
Holy crap I was just acting out Chris Farley's Schwarzkopf impersonation to a coworker today.

RIP Stormin' Norman :(
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Razgovory

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December 27, 2012, 08:22:52 PM
His last words were, "George Bush survives".
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

sbr

#3
December 27, 2012, 08:27:13 PM
Wow. 

RIP.

jimmy olsen

#4
December 27, 2012, 10:26:27 PM
Nooo!  :(

RIP Stormin' Norman
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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CountDeMoney

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December 27, 2012, 10:32:57 PM
QuoteSchwarzkopf was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Trenton, N.J., where his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police, was then leading the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnap case. That investigation ended with the arrest and 1936 execution of German-born carpenter Richard Hauptmann for murdering famed aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son.

QuoteIn 1966 he volunteered for Vietnam and served two tours, first as a U.S. adviser to South Vietnamese paratroops and later as a battalion commander in the U.S. Army's Americal Division. He earned three Silver Stars for valor — including one for saving troops from a minefield — plus a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and three Distinguished Service Medals.

QuoteSchwarzkopf was a national spokesman for prostate cancer awareness and for Recovery of the Grizzly Bear, served on the Nature Conservancy board of governors and was active in various charities for chronically ill children.

"I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that," he once told The Associated Press. "But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being. ... It's nice to feel that you have a purpose."

Cut from the same cloth as all great American generals are: he served with dignity, humility and true professionalism.

sbr

#6
December 27, 2012, 10:57:54 PM
His autobiography is really, really good.  I think I have read 3-4 times for some reason.

mongers

#7
December 27, 2012, 11:07:46 PM
Do largely than life characters really die or does modern living become too small to contain them?
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