More detail on this person: Frank passed over
on 22 March of this year of cancer. His funeral
will be 27 May 04 at Arlington with full honors.
We know that he was awarded 3 DFCs, an Air
Medal with V device, and perhaps others. He was a
pilot extraordinaire. When he got sick he was in
Kuwait on his second tour with his Alabama NG
unit, instructing on Blackhawks. We can find
narratives for only one of the DFC's and the Air
Medal. There are also a number of oak leaf
clusters that are unexplained. These may be for
unit citations. The DFC narrative describes a
flare mission into a besieged FSB in which the
flares were unneeded but they needed med-evac.
Frank went back to base dumped the flares and
went back in for the wounded, bringing them out
safely. Can you help with the other two DFC's?
His sister thinks that a chaplain was involved
with one of them. The family has seen all the
medals, but he had a sorry history of keeping
paper that regarded his actions. No one in his
Guard unit had any idea that he had been awarded
anything. He simply never talked about it. As a
lawyer, he was also extraordinary, but when it
came to himself, he just didn't keep track.
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