Vickers, Robert C (Interview outline and video), 2016

• Main Author: Vickers, Robert C.
• Other Authors: Keizer, Herman Jr. (Interviewer)
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan 2016
• Subjects: Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States > History; Military; Veterans; Video recordings; Other veterans & civilians > Personal narratives; American; United States. Army; Alabama; Fort McPherson
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40803; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2fac85d3794714a89590a9b5f0076169.m4v; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/77aba69ebcf5f32a3dc9ee6536c5700e.pdf

Robert Vickers was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 25. 1944. He was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Eastern Kentucky University and received a commission as an officer in the combat engineers of the Army in 1965. He decided to become a chaplain and attended seminary for three years, then went to the Chaplain School in 1969. He stayed in the Army Reserve until January 1975 when he went on active duty. His first assignment was at Fort Carson, Colorado, with the 1st Battalion of the 77th Armor Regiment, for 15 months. He was stationed in Wiesbaden, West Germany, with the 76th Infantry Brigade from March 1976 until June 1979. He studied at the Advanced Course for Chaplains at Fort Wadsworth, New York, then went to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in January 1980. He left Fort Devens in May 1983 to study at Vanderbilt University then serve at the Chaplain School. He was stationed at Fort McPherson, Georgia for four years, then did a tour in South Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division. Robert's last two assignments were at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he retired in 1996.