Robert
Barr Smith entered
the United States Army as a private in 1958, and was commissioned
in the following year. He served in Vietnam with 4th Infantry
Division, two tours in Germany – a total of more than seven
years -- and with troop units and on posts throughout the United
States, retiring as a Colonel. He is a Senior Parachutist, and
holds the Legion of Merit (two awards), the Bronze Star, and other
decorations.
He has served as the
Staff Judge Advocate – senior lawyer and legal advisor to
the commanding general – for the 82nd Airborne Division,
1st Armored Division, 7th Infantry Division and Fort Ord, California,
Fort Benning, Georgia, and V U.S. Army Corps. He also served as
a trial judge and as Executive Officer of two judge advocate offices.
He grew up in Palo Alto,
California, then earned a BA in History and a Doctor of Laws at
Stanford University. He is a professor of law at the University
of Oklahoma, where he served six years as Associate Dean for Academics
and Associate Director of the Law Center.
He lectures extensively
on military and western history, and is the author or co-author
of nine books and more than a hundred magazine articles in military
and western history.
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