Richard B Frank

Biographic Data

ID4225336
NAMERichard B Frank
GIVEN NAMESRichard B
FAMILY NAMEFrank
SIGNATUREFRANK R B
AFFILIATIONSVaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX0

  • The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1937–1942

    Richard B FrankCHAPTERSea in History - the Modern World2017

  • Hacksaw Ridge; The Conscientious Objector; The Unlikeliest Hero

    Richard B FrankARTICLEJournal of American History2017

    Desmond T. Doss, an extremely committed conscientious objector, was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary feats of valor and compassion during a May 1945 battle on Okinawa. He took no Japanese soldiers' lives but saved at least fifty American lives. Doss's story has been the subject of two major treatments prior to Hacksaw Ridge. Booton Herndon's 1967 biography The Unlikeliest Hero provides valuable background to Doss's life before and aft…

  • Unbroken; Devil at My Heels

    R Frank, Richard B FrankARTICLEJournal of American History2015

    Journal Article Unbroken; Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese pow in World War II; Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Get access Dir. by Angelina Jolie. Prod. by Mick Garris, Jon Jashni, and Thomas Tull. Universal Pictures, 2014. 137 mins. (http://www.unbrokenfilm.com/)Louis Zamperini, (New York, 2003).Laura Hillenbrand, (New York, 2010). Journal of American Histor…

  • Medal of Honor

    Richard B Frank, Roger ShermanARTICLEJournal of American History2009

    Twelve riveting interviews with living Medal of Honor recipients form the core of this excellent pbs program. The deftly edited interviews convey each individual's distinctive personality but leave us with as many questions as answers regarding the mysteries of why each man rose to perform extraordinary deeds. The interviews are embedded in wellchosen archival footage and tied together with an intelligent narrative. Medal of Honor also tells the …

  • Downfall

    Stanley L Falk, Richard B FrankARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2000

  • Guadalcanal

    Merrill L Bartlett, Richard B FrankARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1991

  • Guadalcanal

    Sam H Frank, Richard B FrankARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Journal Article Guadalcanal. By Richard B. Frank. (New York: Random House, 1990. xiv + 800 pp. $34.95.) Get access Sam H. Frank Sam H. Frank College of Aeronautics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1136–1137, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078929 Published: 01 December 1991