Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf rose to prominence as I was just entering my first year of college. He was bold, brash and confident. He laid out the perfect plan in the Persian Gulf War, and proved to be the best man for the job. Instead of cashing in after the war for fame and fortune, he mostly retired into private life. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf passed away this past Thursday, and I wanted to take a moment to thank him for his service and to share a couple of trading cards with him on it. CNN has a great writeup on his life, here.
The above card from the 1991 Topps Desert War Series 1 trading card set, below from Series 2, and Series 3.
The card below is from the 2009 Topps Heritage set, and uses the vintage 1960 Topps design. Make note of the description on the reverse. It has a glaring error. It was not this Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf that was a lead investigator in the Lindbergh kidnapping, but his father. In fact, there were two generations of American Army Generals in this family.
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