World War II Honoree

Frank Manley Baird

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Omaha, Nebraska

Honored By

Jerry L. Baird

Relationship

Son

1943-1944: NAVY SEABEE, COOK ON ESPIRITU SANTOS ISLAND, SOUTH PACIFIC. 1945: THIRD WAVE ON THE INVASION OF OKINAWA, A UNIT OF COOKS AND BAKERS ENDED UP ON A JAPANESE CONTROLLED BEACH WITHOUT INFANTRY SUPPORT. THEY HAD TO PROVIDE THEIR ON SECURITY. DAD SAW HIS ONLY COMBAT ACTION THERE WHEN HE AND ANOTHER SEABEE FIRED ON THREE APPROACHING JAPANESE AND KILLED THEM.