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medical condition caused by prolonged exposure two boys and one girl. They wwii
of the feet to damp, unsanitary and cold moved to Wellman, Texas in 1959,
conditions) and was sent to the 21st General where Frank was the principal
Hospital in Mirecourt, France. There were 45,000 and superintendent and Janice
cases of trench foot reported during the Western continued teaching. Both retired from there.
Europe Campaign during WWII. Frank left
France four days after the war was over in May Frank Odom said, “I’m not much of a hero. I just
1945. After returning to the states, he was sent to want to be remembered for
Brooke Army Hospital at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas having the opportunity to
for further recovery, where he was discharged in serve my country.” Odom
August 1945. was awarded the Combat
Infantry Badge, Bronze
Frank headed home to Wickes and went back to Medal, Good Conduct,
high school to complete his studies. On his first American Theatre,
day of school, he went to see his superintendent European Campaign,
who “reached in his desk drawer and handed National Defense and
me my diploma and said he wanted the best for WWII Victory Medals.
me.” With the help of the government, he went to Clearly, the government
the University of Arkansas and received a B.S. in would disagree about his
Education with a Math major, graduating in May hero status!
1949. He taught Math in Dierks and Winthrop,
Arkansas, then Gruver and Miami, Texas, where Frank heard about the Texas South
he was also the superintendent. He met his future Plains Honor Flight at the V.A. Clinic
wife, Janice Turner, in Miami when he “hired and went on the 2014 flight.
her as a teacher.” They married in 1958 and had

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