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Frederick Melvin Franks Jr. (born 1 November 1936) is a retired general of the United States Army. He commanded the Gulf War coalition VII Corps in the highly successful "Left Hook" maneuver against fourteen Iraqi divisions, a number of which were Iraqi Republican Guard , defeating or forcing the retreat of each with fewer than 100 American ...
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General (Ret.) Frederick M. Franks, Jr. Honorary Director of Home Base Florida. Share. General (ret) Fred Franks was born in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, graduated and was commissioned 3 June 1959 from the United States Military Academy. He retired from active Army service 1 December 1994.
Following the Gulf War, Franks was promoted to the four-star rank of General, and took over the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). General Frederick Melvin Franks, Jr. retired in 1994 after almost 35 and a half years of active Army service. Medals, Awards, Badges & Tabs.
After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1959, General Frederick M. Franks ’59 (Retired) served the U.S. Army for 35 and a half years. Since 1999, he has been the Class of 1966 Chair...
General Frederick M. Franks Jr. notes in this December 1993 article that the new manual “goes beyond AirLand Battle to full-dimension operations.” The new manual did not dilute or supplant...
General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., commanded the armor and infantry of VII Corps, the main coalition force that broke the back of Iraq's Republican Guard. Never before have the land war, and the...
