Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, coalition forces leader during Persian Gulf War, dies

Associated Press via FoxNews.com 12/27/2012

Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein’s forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78.

Schwarzkopf died in […]

‘Thanks for the memories…’

Bob Hope’s USO Christmas Specials–Thanks for the Memories

My Daily SoapBox 12/17/2011

…One of the few constants of the Vietnam War—one eagerly anticipated by American troops, that is—was the annual Bob Hope Christmas Show. From 1964 to 1972, Hope included South Vietnam on his annual trips to visit troops during the holiday season, a tradition […]

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