Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., 1934-2012

Portrait of West Point Cadet Norman Schwarzkopf who was born in Trenton, N.J., on Aug., 22, 1934. Schwarzkopf's father, the New Jersey state police superintendent who investigated the Lindbergh kidnapping, served in World War I and World War II and also graduated from West Point. Gen. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78.

Schwarzkopf helps a South Vietnamese soldier carry his wounded comrade to a medical station after an attack in 1965. Capt. Schwarzkopf went to Vietnam in 1965 and returned a major. He did two tours, was wounded twice and won three Silver Stars for bravery. In 1968, he married Brenda Holsinger and they had three children together, Cynthia, Jessica and Christian.

Gen. Schwarzkopf, the commander of U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia, talks with General Colin Powell, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 2, 1990. Schwarzkopf led 1991 Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He also helped coordinate the task force that invaded Grenada in 1983. He was awarded his fourth star and named commander of the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in 1988.

Gen. Schwarzkopf stands at ease with his tank troops during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 12, 1991. The conflict, also know as the Persian Gulf War, was a reaction to the invasion of neighboring Kuwait by Iraq's Saddam Hussein.

Gen. Schwarzkopf talks to four Marines lined up in desert camouflage gear at camp before the beginning of the ground war against Iraq in 1991.

Schwarzkopf salutes Iraqi Lt. Gen. Sultan Hasheem Ahmad at a captured Iraqi desert airbase after negotiations to set ceasefire terms in the Persian Gulf War on March 3, 1991.

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf in uniform during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

Gen. Schwarzkopf and President George Bush at the White House in Washington on April 23, 1991.

Gen. Schwarzkopf is given a standing ovation on May 8, 1991, in Washington, D.C., in the U.S. House of Representatives. Schwarzkopf thanked Congress and the American people for their support during the Persian Gulf War.

Queen Elizabeth II with Gen. Schwarzkopf and his wife Brenda at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on May 12, 1991. The general was given an honorary knighthood from the monarch.

Gen. Schwarzkopf gives a thumbs up to the crowd as he makes his way up Broadway during New York's Operation Welcome Home ticker tape parade on June 10, 1991.

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, left, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell, center, and Gen. Schwarzkopf wave from the reviewing stand after leading a ticker tape parade through the streets of New York on June 10, 1991.

President George H. Bush shakes hands with Gen. Schwarzkopf as first lady Barbara Bush pins the Medal of Freedom on the general during a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C., on July 3, 1991.

Gen. Schwarzkopf stands at ease with his tank troops during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 12, 1991. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78.