Norman Schwarzkopf — American Soldier born on August 22, 1934, died on December 27, 2012

H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War... (wikipedia)

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no other country in the world where the ordinary citizen can go out and enjoy hunting and fishing. There's no other nation in the world where that happens. And it's very much a part of our heritage.