Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.

Major General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (August 28, 1895 - November 25, 1958) was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, and had investigated the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Born in Newark, New Jersey to German immigrants, Schwarzkopf attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in March, 1917, two months early because of the outbreak of World War I.

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Major General - August 28 - 1895 - November 25 - 1958 - New Jersey - State Police - Lindbergh kidnapping - Newark, New Jersey - German - U.S. Military Academy - World War I

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After receiving a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the cavalry, Schwarzkopf was sent to Europe to fight WWI as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, during which he was gassed with mustard gas, making him succeptable to respratory illnesses for the rest of his life. During the occupation, he served as a provost marshal, partially due to his organizational skills, and partially due to his fluency in German.

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Second Lieutenant - Cavalry - Europe - American Expeditionary Forces - Mustard gas - Provost marshal

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After returning to the United States with the rank of colonel, Schwarzkopf was appointed, in 1921, by the governor of New Jersey to head the newly formed New Jersey State Police. Borrowing his skills as a cavalry officer and provost marshal, he personally trained the first 25 State Police Troopers, and organized the State Police department into two troops--a northern troop, utilizing motorcycles, to patrol the Mafia-controlled narcotics, whiskey, rum-running, and gambling rings in the New York City area, and a southern troop, with troopers on horseback, to crack down on moonshiners. He left the force in 1936 after being relieved of his duty by a governor he had frequent clashes with.

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Colonel - Mafia - New York City

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He narrated Gang Busters for awhile, then reëntered the army in 1940.http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/schwarzkopf.html

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He was posted to Iran in 1942 and was tasked with organizing the Iranian police after the UK-Soviet intervention that made Iran an Allied protectorate. His trainees were active in suppressing the Soviet-inspired Azerbaijan (the so-called Marshabad Soviet) in 1946. After World War II, he was promoted to Brigadier General, and in the late 1940's, was sent to occupied Germany to serve as Deputy Provost Marshal for the entire U.S. Sector. He retired from the Army in 1953 with the rank of Major General, and died in 1958 from complications of lung cancer. He is buried at the U.S. Military Academy cemetery.

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Iran - 1942 - UK - Soviet - Allied - Azerbaijan - 1946 - Lung cancer

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He is the father of 4-star General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.

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General - H. Norman Schwarzkopf

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