At $2.95 a roll, the “Wipe out Hussein” toilet paper was one of two Gulf War toilet papers sold with a caricature of Saddam Hussein’s face on each sheet. According to a February 1991 article in the Herald and Review newspaper from Decatur, Illinois, Spencer Gifts Inc. sold out of it during the 1990 Christmas season. Many Americans felt they could support our troops and express their patriotism through Gulf War merchandise.
Phyllis Fitzgerald the donor of the toilet paper, and many other Gulf War artifacts was deployed several times in the Middle East during the conflict. At 17 years old Phyllis enlisted in the Army. She took the opportunity to go to school to become a Warrant Office as an All Source Intelligence Technician. She served with the 1st Infantry Division as an Intelligence Analyst and retired from the army with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. Phyllis has since served as mayor of Junction City, Kansas, one of its commissioners, and continues to serve the military community through the Society of the First Infantry Division.