Williams, Robert, “Williams, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 2, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29634.
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Williams, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007
Robert Williams served in the U.S. Army and National Guard for nearly 50. He served during WW II in the 11th Armored Division and saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and in Germany and Austria, where they were ordered to halt and wait for Soviet troops to arrive. After the war, he remained in the Guard, commanding a unit sent to respond to the riots in Detroit in 1967 and eventually retiring at the rank of Brigadier General.