Homer Frank World War II Interview

Homer Frank World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

United States. Army. Air Corps -- History.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

Homer Frank served in the United States Army Air Corps (155th Photo Recon Outfit) from 1942 to 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on November 23, 2007, Frank talked about his military experiences during the Second World War. Frank was born on March 20, 1922, in Grand Island, Nebraska. He enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1942 and was called for active duty in March 1943. He was inducted at Fort Logan in Denver, Colorado. He completed basic training at Shepherd Field, Texas, and photo school at Lowry Field, Colorado. In 1944, he went to Europe. He took the reconnaissance photographs for Patton’s Third Army. He spent time in England, France, and Germany. He also took photographs at two concentration camps, Buchenwald and Dachau. Frank shared some of his photographs from Europe during his interview. Frank passed away on January 13, 2008.

Frank, Homer

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2007-11-23

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/frank-interview

Obituary: https://www2.ljworld.com/life-events/obituaries/2008/jan/14/homer_frank/

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212294

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Frank Interview

Germany

France

1942 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Frank, Homer

Lawrence (Kan.)

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