Rear Admiral William A. Heine, USNR, Ret. and Colonel Michael D. Wyly, USMC, Ret.

Rear Adm. William A. Heine, USNR, Ret. As Operations Officer of a Naval Construction Battalion, he built the Dong Ha bridge over the Cua Vet River in 1968 that fellow Naval Academy graduate John Ripley would destroy in 1972. Col. Michael D. Wyly, USMC, Ret. served two tours and distinguished himself as an outstanding Marine infantry officer in Vietnam. His early life and military career is chronicled in Robert Coram’s book “Boyd”.

Ideals To Aspire To

by Rear Admiral William A. Heine, USNR, Ret. and Colonel Michael D. Wyly, USMC, Ret. March 23, 2026October 4, 2010

A Case for Moral Courage: How Colonel John Ripley Exemplified the Trait - and What We Can All Learn from Him 2

Review of An American Knight by Rear Admiral William A. Heine, USNR, Retired and Colonel Michael D. Wyly, USMC, Retired. Both men were classmates of Colonel John Ripley, Class of 1962, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. A lone U.S. Marine hand-walked, gripping the girders underneath the bridge over the Cua Viet River in … Read more