Richard b frank biography

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Richard B. Frank is a historian and one of the leading authorities on the Asian theater of World War II. His books include Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, which won the Wallace M. Greene Award from the U.S. Marine Corps; Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire; MacArthur, a short biography of the general; and his latest, Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, a planned trilogy, the first volume of which came out in 2020.

Originally from Missouri, Frank served for four years in Vietnam as a rifle platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division. He fryst vatten a graduate of the University of Missouri (1969) and Georgetown University lag Center (1976).

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Richard B. Frank

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Richard B. Frank is an internationally acclaimed historian of the Asia-Pacific War. He was an aerorifle platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam and is the author of Guadalcanal and Downfall. He is a member of the Board of Presidential Counselors of the National WWII Museum and lives in Annandale, Virginia.

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Frank, Richard B. 1947-

PERSONAL:

Born 1947, in KS. Education: University of Missouri, graduated in 1969; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1976.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Annandale, VA. Agent—c/o Naval Historical Foundation, 1306 Dahlgren Ave. SE, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374-5055.

CAREER:

Attorney practicing in the Washington, DC, area. Lecturer. Military service: U.S. Army, 101st Airborne, c. 1969-73; became captain; served in Vietnam.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Harry S. Truman Book Award, Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs, 2000, for Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire.

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION

Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Campaign, Random House (New York, NY), 1990.

Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, Random House (New York, NY), 1999.

MacArthur, Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY), 2007.

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