Personal Data
- Charles W. Frank, JR, CAPT USN (Ret)
- Tulane Naval ROTC Class of 1943
- BS Chemical Engineering
- Commissioned 1943
Historical Events
- WWII Southwest Pacific Theater
Assignments / Engagements
- USS New Jersey, BB 62, DEVG (Deck or Engineering Volunteer General)
- First engagement was Operation Flintlock in the Marshall Islands
- Sent to take the Marianas Islands, 1st of 9 total career campaigns
- Assigned to Admiral Halsey’s Staff as a Barge Officer
- First junior officer to be given command of a division, and among the youngest group of Naval Reserve Officers to achieve the rank of Captain
- Landed in Japan with the original occupational force assigned to hold the Japanese Islands
- Spent three years Active Duty and twenty-six years in the Naval Reserve
Other Notable Content
- Wrote five books
- Test piloted a new small gunboat commissioned for Admiral Halsey
- Married ten days before joining the crew of the USS New Jersey