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DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 1991                   TAG: 9104180335
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-13   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA                                LENGTH: Short

SCHWARZKOPF TO HEAD HOME

Closing the books on Operation Desert Storm, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and most of the U.S. Central Command will leave Saudi Arabia Saturday as the number of American troops in the Persian Gulf dropped Wednesday to half its wartime strength.

Exactly three months after Schwarzkopf launched what became a devastating rout of the Iraqi army, U.S. military officials announced that the outspoken four-star general and most of his staff will return to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.

Schwarzkopf, whose direction of the war made him a hero in the eyes of many Americans and brought him offers ranging from lucrative book deals to a potential political career, has said that he plans to retire from the Army.

by CNB