General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, his wife Brenda, my wife Karen and me. I'm Vinnie Tripodi, owner of Tampa Bay Custom Welding - TBCW - we built 800 feet of heavy gauge welded aluminum fence and front entrance gates for General and Mrs. Schwartzkopf at the end of the Gulf War. Five years later they moved and asked us to do the fence and gates at their new home. We of course said yes. My wife Karen and I have visited with General and Mrs. Schwartzkopf at their home many times over the years and they have always treated us like family. Karen and I will always cherish their friendship. They are truely wonderful people.