Richard B. Frank Explained

Richard B. Frank (born November 11, 1947) is an American lawyer and military historian.^[1]

Born in Kansas, Frank graduated from the University of Missouri in 1969, after which he served four years in the United States Army. During the Vietnam War, he served a tour of duty as a platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division. In 1976, he graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center.^[1]

Bibliography

Frank has written several books and articles on the Pacific campaign of World War II and Southeast Asia:

• (1990)^[2] —Won the General Wallace M. Greene Award from the U.S. Marine Corps^[3]
• (1999). .
• "No Bomb, No End", in What If? 2 (2001).
• "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb", The Weekly Standard (August 8, 2005): p. 20.
• MacArthur (2007). .
• "George Polk's Real World War II Record", Washington Examiner (February 26, 2007)
• Book: Frank . Richard B. . 2020 . . New York . W. W. Norton & Company . 9781324002109 . First. ^[4]

External links

• Panel discussion on the 132nd Infantry Regiment at Guadalcanal which included Richard B. Frank at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on October 23, 2013

Notes and References

1. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/news/bookawrd.htm MILITARY HISTORIAN WINS 2000 TRUMAN BOOK AWARD
2. Book: Frank . Richard B. . January 1992 . Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle . Penguin Publishing . 9780140165616.
3. Web site: Richard B. Frank . U.S. Naval Institute . 22 October 2020 . en.
4. Web site: Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War (1937–1942) with Author Richard B. Frank . 7 July 2020 . The National WWII Museum . en.