Robert M. Frank

I was born in New York City (Manhattan) on August 4, 1925, and was raised some 20 plus miles out on Long Island in Woodmere. I started playing piano at age 5 or 6. I was pretty good too – such that I had been planning to go to Julliard or some music school. WWII...
Celebrating VE-Day with the Russians

Celebrating VE-Day with the Russians

Just as the war was ending – I believe we had just taken Falkenstein, Germany – I was told (but did not personally witness) that an American-made Piper Cub with Russian markings had flown over the front and landed. A Russian Major got out – spoke...

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I was in the 87th Signal Co. Our radio team (4 men with radio in a C&R car) was attached to the 345th during the Battle of the Bulge. One evening we were bivouacked in a farm house in one of the three towns named Freuz (pronounced “Frooo” ) There was...