er, and tennis, and lived freely in the boy's dorm but was not earning the grades he would need to attend West Point.
             In 1950 Norman was now fifteen years old. He attended the Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania. He stood a towering six feet three inches and weighed nearly 200 pounds. He was larger than the other cadets and most of the faculty. In 1952 he was appointed editor of the class yearbook. The class of 1952 at Valley Forge was part of the largest enrollment in the academy's twenty-four year history.
             H. Norman Swarzkopf entered West Point Military Academy in the fall of 1952. In four years time this academy is supposed the cadets into outstanding military officers. In 1953, Swarzkopf Sr. was summoned away to the Middle East on another special mission. Back at West Point Norman continued to overdose himself with extracurricular activities. He played football, wrestling, tennis, soccer, and was a member of the German Club. Out of the 485 cadets that graduated West Point in 1956, Norman graduated 42nd. Swarzkopf Sr. also planned to retire in 1956 from the Army. In 1958, Swarzkopf Sr. died.
             After his father's death Norman's military took a quiet, conventional path.
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