Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 747-Airplane and Engine Mechanic
Last AFSC Group
Ordnance/Maintenance (Enlisted)
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Home Country
United States
Year of Birth 1927
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A3C Michael S. Bell (Unit Historian)
to remember
Bates, Franklin L., MSgt.
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Last Address Buried: Montevallo, AL
Date of Passing Jan 01, 2009
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REMEMBRANCE IN PROGRESS - SUBJECT TO CHANGE ------ From Patriot Guard Riders:
18 Aug 2009 7:47 PM Quote Reply Alert
MSGT. Franklin L. Bates, USAF (Ret) WWII / Korea Alabama National Cemetery, Montevallo AL 31 August 2009
Please join us as we honor a great American and Alabamian, who dedicated many years of his life in service to his country. He served for 23 years as a flight-line crew chief, in many theaters during WWII and the Korean conflict. He passed away on January 1, 2009 at age 82, and the Bates family has invited PGR to stand in his honor at the final interment at Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, AL. MSGT Bates was also an avid motorcyclist and Harley-Davidson enthusiast.
Burial will take place on Monday, 31 August 2009, 10:15 am
Alabama National Cemetery 3133 Highway 119 Montevallo, AL 35115
Patriot Guard Riders will stand a flagline at the interment ceremony
Staging at the Alabama National Cemetery at 9:30 am
A small PGR escort will accompany the family from Hoover, AL to the ALNC. There will be no LEO escort, so this PGR group is being limited for safety reasons.
RCIC: Charles "Rainman" Davidson (family escort) roadrunnerone@bellsouth.net
RC: Jim "El Lobo" Corley (cemetery flagline) jcorley804@charter.net
Mike "StayLow" Childree AL Asst State Capt --------
World War II/American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.