World War II Honoree

Karl E. Frank

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Troy, New York

Honored By

RMCS M.J. Lynett USN (Ret)

Relationship

Fellow Veteran

Enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a Private 1st Class in the European Theater as an Army engineer, part of the 60th Engineers attached to the 35th Infantry Division. He participated in the Normandy invasion, and at the Battle of the Bulge, he and other engineers built a corduroy road on Omaha Beach so that tanks could pass. He continued building infrastructure through France until his return to the US in 1945.