Robert K. Wright Jr.

He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and earned a degree in history in 1968.Under the GI Bill, he attended graduate school at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, earning a Master of Arts in 1968 and a Ph.D. in history in 1980.He spent the greater portion of his career at the United States Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.Wright served at Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1989 to 1991, as the XVIII Airborne Corps command historian, where he deployed with the corps to Panama (Operation Just Cause) and the first Persian Gulf war (Operation Desert Shield-Desert Storm).In 2002 Wright retired from government service as the chief of the Center of Military History's library and archives.
College of the Holy CrossCollege of William & MaryU.S. Naval InstituteUnited States ArmyVirginia Army National GuardVietnam WarGulf WarDesert ShieldDesert StormConnecticutWorcester, MassachusettsTeletypeBerlinMilitary History DetachmentGI BillCollege of William and MaryMaster of ArtsUnited States Army Center of Military HistoryVirginiaFort BraggOperation Just CauseOperation Desert ShieldOperation Restore HopeAmerican Revolutionary WarWikisourceWayback MachineContinental ArmyWashington Post