Frisco is a Purple Heart City, and August 7 is National Purple Heart Day. The Purple Heart medal dates back to the earliest days of George Washington and our new nation’s Army but was not used much between the early 1800s and the early 1930s. The […]
Elmer Eslick Parks (July 22, 1888 – May 12, 1943), like his brother Frank Parks, also served in the United States Army during World War I. Both were nephews of the Wagoner Family with whom they lived on Maple Street in Frisco before their […]
Private First Class Frank Smith (April 8, 1896 – March 13, 1981) was a native of Frisco Texas and served in the United State Army during World War I from September 19, 1917 to July 19, 1919. He […]
After deploying overseas in 1943, Private Lee Harold Derryberry (January 22, 1922 – November 29, 1944) was in the 1st Cavalry Division when it engaged in heavy fighting across the rugged mountainous terrain of Leyte Island […]
Private Cecil Cleveland Waldrum (January 25, 1917 – February 16, 1944), assigned to the 1st Special Service Force, was killed in action February 16, 1944 in the Battle of Anzio, Italy. Private Waldrum […]