Editing Robert A. Heinlein (section)

===Navy===
Heinlein's experience in the [[U.S. Navy]] exerted a strong influence on his character and writing. In 1929, he graduated from the Naval Academy with the equivalent of a [[bachelor of arts]] in engineering.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/luckybag1929unse | title=The Lucky Bag of Nineteen Twenty Nine, The Annual of the Regiment of Midshipmen, Published at The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, by The Class of 1929 | editor-last=Keatley | editor-first=J.H. | publisher=The Dubois Press | publication-place=Rochester, NY | location=Annapolis, MD | page=319 }}</ref> (At that time, the Academy did not confer degrees.) He ranked fifth in his class academically but with a class standing of 20th of 243 due to disciplinary demerits. The U.S. Navy commissioned him as an ensign shortly after his graduation. He advanced to lieutenant junior grade in 1931 while serving aboard the new [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}}, where he worked in [[radio communications]]—a technology then still in its earlier stages. The [[captain]] of this carrier, [[Ernest J. King]], later served as the [[Chief of Naval Operations]] and [[Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet|Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet]] during [[World War II]]. Military historians frequently{{quantify|date=September 2021}} interviewed Heinlein during his later years and asked him about Captain King and his service as the commander of the U.S. Navy's first modern aircraft carrier. Heinlein also served as gunnery officer aboard the [[destroyer]] {{USS|Roper|DD-147|6}} in 1933 and 1934, reaching the rank of lieutenant.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt596nd35k/entire_text/|title= Robert A. and Virginia G. Heinlein Papers|website=Online Archive of California |access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190425055834/https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt596nd35k/entire_text/|url-status= live}}</ref> His brother, Lawrence Heinlein, served in the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the [[Missouri National Guard]], reaching the rank of [[major general (United States)|major general]] in the National Guard.<ref>
[http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/Gunn-GrandMaster-remarks.htm James Gunn, "Grand Master Award Remarks"] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110929035817/http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/Gunn-GrandMaster-remarks.htm |date=September 29, 2011 }}; [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19660627&id=uUgrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ktQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3796,2847290 "Credit Col. Earp and Gen. Heinlein with the Reactivation of Nevada's Camp Clark", ''The Nevada Daily Mail'', June 27, 1966].
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