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Title	Bourne, Roy (Video interview)
Transcript of interview (PDF)	http://www.library.ohiou.edu/cdm/images/cantigny/pdf/bourne_roy_transcript.pdf
Collection	Cantigny First Division Oral Histories II
Interviewee	Bourne, Roy
Highest Rank/Grade Held	Colonel
Subject-People	Bourne, Roy
Subject-Name	West Virginia. -- Army National Guard United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- History United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- Biography United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- Interviews
Subject-Place	Mandali (Iraq) Eastern Diyala (Iraq : Province) Iraq Middle East Louisiana
Subject-LCSH	Iraq War, 2003- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews
Run Time	1:01:04
Description	Colonel Roy Bourne, a product of the ROTC at West Virginia University, was called to active service in Iraq by way of the National Guard. He speaks about some of the unique skills that soldiers in the National Guard have when compared with their active component brethren. Colonel Bourne points out that guardsmen have experience in community relations through their work with flooding and disaster relief missions. That community perspective is not a military science, it's the way that a community believes whether it's in southern West Virginia or Diyala province, Iraq. In his experience, Bourne says, the key to winning the people's hearts and minds is to meet their basic needs. The colonel relates the importance of working with local sheiks because it is impossible to accomplish anything without their support and also notes the difficulty of convincing them of the necessity of spending money on building things like schools to accommodate girls beyond roughly the third grade. Another skill set possessed by the National Guardsmen, according to Colonel Bourne, is being accustomed to do "so much with so little" and the ability to adapt quickly. He cites as example that when they couldn't procure armored humvees, they adapted their M113s (armored personnel carriers) instead. Regarding being a part of the 1st Infantry Division, Colonel Bourne notes the espirit d'corps; when you're with the Big Red One you are part of the division from minute one. Guard or active or reserve doesn't matter, you are part of the division, and that comes from the division commander all the way down. The colonel goes on to speak on the impact new technologies have had in the battlefield, such as the Blue Force Tracker global positioning system which allows the Tactical Operations Center to know where everything is on the battlefield without having to irritate the folks engaged to get their updates. Finally, Colonel Bourne talks about leadership skills and what goes into being a good leader.
Lesson Plans	http://www.library.ohiou.edu/cdm/images/cantigny/pdf/cantigny2_research_kit_huffman_kozlovich_hebenstreit.pdf http://www.library.ohiou.edu/cdm/images/cantigny/pdf/cantigny2_research_kit_palmer_dodson_marer.pdf
Collection finding aid	http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/record=b4677159~S7
Interviewer	DeRubertis, Tony
Videographer	Triplett, Christopher
Producer	Falk, Jonathan
Location Recorded	Charleston (W. Va.)
Original Date	2009-07-10
Acknowledgements	Cantigny First Division Foundation WOUB Center for Public Media
More Info	http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/collection.php?CISOROOT=/CtgnyOrHis ; http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/
Copyright Info	Copyright for oral history interviews resides with both the interviewee and interviewer. Reproduced here with permission.
Copyright Holder	Bourne, Roy DeRubertis, Tony
Media Type	Moving Image
Original Format	DV - NTSC
File Format	Adobe Flash
Digital Identifier	cantigny_bourne_roy_20090710.mov.FLV
Language	English
Publisher	Ohio University Libraries. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections

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