World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Bernice 'Beatrice Arthur' Frankel
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Charles Henry Atkinson
She started basic training in March, 1943 and was initially assigned as a typist at Marine headquarters in Washington, D.C. Over the following two years, she was stationed at Marine Corps and Navy air stations in Virginia and North Carolina. During her military career, her rank went from private to corporal to sergeant to staff sergeant, the title she held upon her honorable discharge in September, 1945.