World War II Honoree

Frank P. Orsini, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

South Glens Falls, New York

Honored By

M. J. Lynett

JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1942 AND SERVED ONE YEAR WITH THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WAS PART OF THE MARINE CORPS DELEGATION ATTENDING THE DEDICATION OF THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND, WHEN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT DEDICATED THE BUILDING. HE ALSO SERVED AT THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE. HE THEN SERVED TWO YEARS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WITH THE FIRST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS.