Heine, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2012

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)

WKTV

WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)

Bob Heine was born in 1947 in the Bronx, New York. After high school, he enrolled in the engineering program at Auburn University in Alabama, and completed four years of ROTC training. Instead of going to Vietnam, he was sent to graduate school for two years, and then received specialized chemical training, after which he went into the reserves rather than active duty. He soon switched to the Engineer Corps, and pursued a professional career while advancing through the ranks in the reserves. He was assigned to command an engineer battalion during Desert Storm, but the unit was not deployed due to the brevity of the war. After 9/11, however, he was activated, working initially at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and then being deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in command of a unit supporting American forces in those countries, and wound up doing two tours in Iraq as a major general and working with high ranking American and Iraqi officials.

2012-05-09

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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