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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 ...
Jan 1, 1997 · Frederick M. Franks Jr. On the C-SPAN Networks: Frederick M. Franks Jr. is a General for the U.S. Army with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1997...
Jun 1, 2004 · Clancy and General Frederick M. Franks, Jr.-commander of the main force that broke the back of the Republican Guard-take us deep inside the war councils and command posts and up to the front lines. They give us a war that few people really knew-and that television never showed.
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...
Lt. Gen. Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Commander, U.S. 7th Corps, 1989-91, including the Gulf War, visits with troops of the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 3rd Armored Division, on March 4, 1991, in eastern Iraq near the Kuwait border.
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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. USA (Ret) General Fred Franks was born in West Lawn Pennsylvania. He graduated from the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point New York, in June 1959.
