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Encyclopedia > Bernard E. Trainor

Bernard E. Trainor is a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general who is military analyst for NBC. He worked for The New York Times as chief military correspondent from 1986 to 1990 and at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government as Director of the National Security Program from 1990 to 1996. Later he was a Senior Fellow for National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations. He and Michael R. Gordon have written two books together: The Generals' War, which covers the 1991 Gulf War, and Cobra II, which covers the Iraq War begun in 2003. This article is becoming very long. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school and one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... The Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American foreign policy think tank based in New York City. ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf Saddam Hussein Strength 660,000 360,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War (1990–1991) (also called the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, or First Gulf War) was a conflict between... Ben D. 00:39, 26 March 2006 (UTC) Category: ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...


Lt. General Trainor has been awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star and two Navy Commendation Medals, all with Combat "V," the Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential and Navy Unit Citations, three Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry (with silver stars), the Vietnamese Honor Medal (First Class). He wears the Navy-Marine parachute wings and holds two campaign stars for Korea and four for Vietnam. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and holds a masters degree in history from the University of Colorado. Combatants UN combatants: Republic of Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Communist combatants: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung Il Kwon Douglas MacArthur Mark W. Clark Matthew Ridgway Kim Il-sung Choi Yong-kun Peng Dehuai Strength Note: All... Not to be confused with Holy Cross College (Indiana) or other similarly named Holy Cross Colleges. ... The University of Colorado (CU) System consists of five campuses: University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Colorado at Denver University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Fitzsimons campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, scheduled to open in 2007 in Aurora, Colorado...


Bibliography

  • Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (2006) (co-written with Michael R. Gordon) ISBN 0-375-42262-5
  • The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf" (1995) ISBN 0-316-32100-1

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External links

  • Official Marine Corps Bio


 
 

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