Desert Storm Autographs

[CliffAnderson92]

Ed Allen served in the United States Air Force from 1987-2012 and took part in several conflicts including Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

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Capt.John P. Gay served in the United States Navy from 1963-1993. He flew 488 combat missions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and was the Captain of the USS John F. Kennedy during Desert Storm.

During his career, Capt.Gay accumulated 4,127 flight hours in the A-7 Corsair and many other planes. He made 1,257 landings on aircraft carriers. During his time in the Navy, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Silver Star, and completed the famous Naval flight school known as “Top Gun”.


9/15/15
Dear Cliff,
Thank you for your nice note! I am happy to sign your cards! I flew the A-7 in Vietnam for several hundred combat missions! I was the CO of the VA-86 “The Sidewinders”. I was the captain of the JFK during Desert Storm!
All the best!

John P. Gay
CAPT-USN (RET)

Study your history well! Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them!

[CliffAnderson92]

Gen.Tommy Franks served in the United States Army from 1965–2003. He served in Vietnam, Desert Storm, and he led the invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, and he also led the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Gen.Franks earned 3 purple hearts during his career in combat, and was the leader of Central Command (CENTCOM) from 2000-2003 during the early years of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Adm.William J. Fallon served in the United States Navy from 1967-2008. He flew fighter jets during the Vietnam War and flew F-14 strike missions during Desert Storm. During his career he flew for 4,800+ flight hours, landed on aircraft carriers 1,300+ times.

Adm.Fallon led the naval battle group supporting NATO operations in Bosnia in 1995.


15 Sept. 2015
Dear Cliff,
Warm regards & best wishes for the future.

William Fallon

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RADM.David S. Bill III served in the United States Navy from 1966-1998. He took part in well over 100 combat missions during the Vietnam War earning many medals along the way. He was the captain of the USS Wisconsin during Operation Desert Storm.

During the war, the Wisconsin fired more than 1,000,000 pounds of bullets and missiles at enemy targets. One thing that really stands out, is that at one point during the war, a group of Iraqi soldiers surrendered to an unmanned drone that was being operated by people onboard the ship!

RADM.Bill took part in 150 combat patrols along the Mekong Delta on river boats during the war in Vietnam. During the time, he was injured and received a purple heart.


18 Sept. 2015
Cliff-
Good luck to you and I hope that one day you will have young men seeking your autograph! Join the Navy and see the world !

Best regards,
David Bill

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Jerry Jones has been the owner of the Dallas Cowboys since 1989. One of his former players, Capt.Chad Hennings, flew 40+ missions in the A-10 in support of Operation Provide Comfort, before playing in 3 Super Bowls with the Cowboys.

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James Baker served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps from 1952-1954.
He served as the White House Chief of staff twice, once under President Ronald Regan from 1981-1985, and for President George H.W. Bush from 1992-1993.

He was the secretary of state of the United States under president George H. W. Bush from 1989-1992. He has been friends with the former president since the 1950's, and has played an integral part of many important parts in modern history.

He helped keep peace in Europe during the fall of the Soviet Union, worked to put together the United States and their allies to team up and force the Iraqi military to withdraw from Kuwait in Desert Storm, and also helped multiple people to become president.

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Gen.Raymond T. Odierno served in the United States Army from 1976-2015 before retiring as the Army chief of staff. He served as a brigade and artillery executive director during Desert Storm, and led many operations during the modern Iraq war during his multiple tours of duty including the implementation of the "surge".

[ramman]

Your collection is growing quickly! Is there a Mikhail Gorbachev Coalition card in this set? I swear someone just posted one ttm on another site but can't find it at the moment. just a fyi

[CliffAnderson92]

I sent a Mikhail Gorbachev Desert Storm card to the Gorbachev Foundation Of North America back in 2012 or 2013, long before I ever started my Desert Storm PC. I received a package of notepads, a pin, flyers and other things along with a letter from his executive assistant thanking me for writing and she said that he was living in Moscow and gave me the address to his foundation over there. I never received my card back and later learned from some of my Russian friends that he had moved to Germany or something like that so I kind of gave up on him. Hopefully he's signing now and I can get his someday.

Thanks for the heads up!

One of my favorite parts about my Desert Storm collection, is that many of the guys have wrote me notes/short letters too! It makes the collection even more meaningful.