World War II Honoree

Stanley A. Frankel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dayton, Ohio

Honored By

Irene Frankel

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. RECEIVED 2 BRONZE STARS. HE WROTE THE HISTORY OF THE 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE DRAFTED, A YEAR BEFORE PEARL HARBOR AND SPENT 4 1/2 YEARS AT WAR. WROTE EDITORIALS IN NUMEROUS MAGAZINES ABOUT THE WAR, AN ARTICLE IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST CALLED 'EVERY NIGHT WE DIE' ABOUT WWII AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. BOOT CAMP IN SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI.