Biography;

Soldier; businessman; motivational speaker.  Born December 1, 1924, Fort Deposit, Lowndes County.  Parents:  John Herman and Glennie Gafford Frazier.  Married; children–two. Education: attended Meadows-Draughn Business College and Elmer Wheeler Sales Institute.  Volunteered for the U.S. Army, 1941; captured after the Battle of Bataan in 1942and spent three and a half years in Japanese prison camps.  Discharged in 1945.  Owned a trucking business in Shreveport, La.; National Sales Manager for Howard Van Lines and later worked for Greyhound Car Rental and several other firms around the country. Featured in the PBS series “The War,” directed by Ken Burns.  Lecturer and motivational speaker.  Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the Bronze Star, and four Purple Hearts.

Sources;

Hell’s Guest; pbs website; ancestry.com

Publication;

Hell’s Guest.  Williams and Company, 2007.