Frank Marshall
Frank M. "Bud" Marshall, 2007
- Branch of Service: U.S. Navy
- Highest Rank: Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Military Service: Enlisted, 1943 - 1946
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
0:00 - Enlisted; how ended up in South Dakota
2:12 - ROTC; Pearl Harbor memory
3:16 - Basic training; radio school; U.S.S. Anderson; Morse code; a convoy of ships; shelled islands
7:30 - Battle of Leyte Gulf (largest Naval battle in WWII); description of the battle; many dead and wounded; the ship was damaged
26:45 - High and low points of the war; death of a soldier; how the war changed him
29:30 - Funny things that happened during the war
Frank M. "Bud" Marshall Obituary
This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Vermillion, SD.
Frank M. "Bud" Marshall WWII Cap Pins (Left, Kamikaze Survivor Pin; Middle, Designated Radio Operator Pin, the operators were called "Sparks"; Right, U.S.S. Anderson DD 411 Pin.).
U.S.S. Anderson (DD 411)
U.S.S. Anderson (DD 411) Dockside
Notice of Separation from U.S. Naval Service
History of U.S.S. Anderson (DD 411)
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