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This shadow box was created for Francis J. King. The 556 on the bottom represents his regiment in the United States Military Police. The American Flag at the top symbolizes that he was from The United States of America. There is also a picture of his dog tags.
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One of the more interesting stories that is told in my family is that when the war ended, and after the concentration camps had been liberated, my Uncle Francis helped a young boy. Francis was in a truck when he saw crowds of people who were walking after being liberated from the camps. He noticed a young boy crying. He got out of the truck and went over to the crying boy. He picked him up and hugged him for a while. When the boy calmed down, he asked him what was wrong. He said that his mother and father died in a camp. He then brought the boy to an orphanage so that the boy would not be alone on the streets. Francis J. King was a soldier in World War II and my Great Uncle
As an American soldier, Francis was in the military police, a branch of the service which was sent over to stop genocide and other war crimes. They also captured war criminals who committed genocide. He would guard prisons which held Nazis. Although he hated genocide and everything to do with the Nazis, he was a man of peace and tried to see the human side of the Nazi prisoners he guarded. He tried to focus on the best side of people. They were prisoner with families, and Francis tried not to focus on the horrible things that they did.
Francis King was born on March 5, 1924. He thought he was born on May 15, 1925 until he joined the army, and found out he was born in March of 1924. When he was seventeen and a junior in high school, he knew he was going to be drafted soon, so he dropped out of school to join the US army. He served from 1943-1946. He joined the army, but he did not fight on the front lines. He was in the 556th Military police unit. He would guard prisoners and captured German war criminals. He didn’t really like to talk about combat. He was more a person who liked to talk about the good things in life. After the war he went back and graduated from high school. He went to Robert Morris College. He became a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), and then became an IRS agent. He worked as an IRS agent for over forty years. He reached out to help people his whole life. He volunteered for many nonprofit organizations, and he did a lot of work for his church and always helped his neighbors.
Francis was a great man. He believed in peace and seeing the best side of people, even in war. He was brave to join the Army to fight for what he believed was right. After the war, he went to build a successful life, was a good student, had a great career, was a good citizen and best of all, he was kind to everyone he met.
As an American soldier, Francis was in the military police, a branch of the service which was sent over to stop genocide and other war crimes. They also captured war criminals who committed genocide. He would guard prisons which held Nazis. Although he hated genocide and everything to do with the Nazis, he was a man of peace and tried to see the human side of the Nazi prisoners he guarded. He tried to focus on the best side of people. They were prisoner with families, and Francis tried not to focus on the horrible things that they did.
Francis King was born on March 5, 1924. He thought he was born on May 15, 1925 until he joined the army, and found out he was born in March of 1924. When he was seventeen and a junior in high school, he knew he was going to be drafted soon, so he dropped out of school to join the US army. He served from 1943-1946. He joined the army, but he did not fight on the front lines. He was in the 556th Military police unit. He would guard prisoners and captured German war criminals. He didn’t really like to talk about combat. He was more a person who liked to talk about the good things in life. After the war he went back and graduated from high school. He went to Robert Morris College. He became a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), and then became an IRS agent. He worked as an IRS agent for over forty years. He reached out to help people his whole life. He volunteered for many nonprofit organizations, and he did a lot of work for his church and always helped his neighbors.
Francis was a great man. He believed in peace and seeing the best side of people, even in war. He was brave to join the Army to fight for what he believed was right. After the war, he went to build a successful life, was a good student, had a great career, was a good citizen and best of all, he was kind to everyone he met.