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Served in WW II. Enlisted 18 Aug 1942; discharged, 10 Dec 1945.

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Early in 1944 plans were implemented for the formation of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade to assist the 3d Marine Division in the capture of Guam and to provide the nucleus for the 6th Marine Division. The brigade was to consist of two reinforced regiments which were to be combat-ready by June 1944. The 22d Marines in Samoa was to be one of the regiments, and it was decided that the other would be a new 4th Marines which would bear the name and honors of the regiment captured in the Philippines in 1942. This new 4th was to be organized from existing Raider units, and Frank was a Marine Raider.
On 1 February 1944, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Raider Regiment, and the 1st, 3d, and 4th Raider Battalions were re-designated as Headquarters and Service Company and the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, 4th Marines. On the same date the 2d Raider Battalion was disbanded and the personnel were used to form the Regimental Weapons Company, 4th Marines. This reactivation took place on Guadalcanal.
The 4th Marines landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945 and by noon had seized and secured its first objective, Younan Airfield. Moving north with the division, the regiment took part in the capture of Motobu Peninsula in mid April. Moving south in early May, to occupy it's portion of the 6th Division's lines, the 4th Marines had to crack a series of Japanese defensive lines, notably at Sugar Loaf Hill. May 12 - May 18 would be filled with some of the most savage fighting in Marine Corps lore. In June, the 4th spearheaded the shore-to-shore assault of the 6th Division or Oroku Peninsula, and helped secure it by 14 June. The Sixth suffered over 2,000 casualties. Sugar Loaf would be assaulted eleven times; some companies would be literally wiped out twice.
Mitchell Webb, son of Miles Jackson Webb of Lamar, AR, was Frank’s Uncle and was in the Sea Bees during the war. He was stationed off the coast during this time and was granted permission to come ashore to find his nephew, ...if he was still alive.
After the Okinawa campaign ended the 6th Division returned to Guam to set up a new base and to train for the pay-off, the invasion of Japan. However, the morning of August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. Three days later, Nagasaki suffered a similar fate.
Frank came home November 1945, went to Tulsa and Married Sue 29 May 1946 and raised three children: Theta, married David Wayne Ashing from Haskell, OK, 6 June 1969; James Neil, Married Jane Roberson of Claremore, Ok, 20 Mar 1978; and James Kyle, married Melissa Joy Galloway of Morgan City, LA on 20 June 1981.
Frank and Sue received their Masters Degrees and taught at Claremore Jr. High in Claremore, OK where they influenced the lives of many students. Frank Coached Football and Basketball for over 20 years and never had a loosing season. He was a great dad and we miss him.

Birth	17 Jun 1922	Johnson County, Arkansas
Marriage	29 May 1946	Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma - Living
Death	2 Sep 1983	Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas

Spouse	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	James Franklin "Frank" Webb (1898 - 1932)
Mother	Margaret Elizabeth Murphy (1901 - 1977)