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Heinl, Robert Debs was born on August 12, 1916 in New York City. Son of Robert Debs and Helen Margaret (Corbin) Heinl.
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Robert Debs Heinl, American marine corps officer, writer Decorated Legion of Merit with combat V, Bronze Star with combat V; recipient award of merit United States Naval Institute, 1968. Fellow Pierson College Yale, 1975-1979.; Member Institute Strategic Studies, American Military Institute, Naval Institute, White House Corresponding Association, Sigma Delta Chi, Chi Delta Theta.
Education
Bachelor of Arts with orations (cum laude), Yale College, 1937.
Career
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1937, advanced through grades to colonel. Service Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Assigned relief expedition Wake Is., 1941, South. Pacific, 1942, Guam, 1944, Iwo Jima, 1945, Japan, 1945, North. China, 1946.
Director Marine Corps history, 1946-1949.
With 1st Marine Division, also commander East. Coast Islands, of Korea, 1952-1953. Commander United States Military Group and United States Naval Mission, Portuguese-au-Prince, Haiti, 1958-1963.
Retired 1963. Military correspondent Detroit News, 1967-1978.
Defense correspondent North. American Newspaper Alliance, 1978-1979. Consultant long-range gun systems Navy Department, 1967-1968.
Guest lecturer Yale, Brown University, National, Naval, and Air War College, Foreign Service Institute, Inter American Defense College, U. Peking.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Pierson College Yale, 1975-1979. Member Institute Strategic Studies, American Military Institute, Naval Institute, White House Corresponding Association, Sigma Delta Chi, Chi Delta Theta. Clubs: Army and Navy, National Press (Washington).
Connections
Married Nancy Gordon Wright, September 23, 1939. Children: Pamela Gordon (Mistress John R. Burdick), Michael Charles.
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Religion
Episcopalian