Veteran: Petty Officer 2nd Class Boatswains Mate Robert Packer Linderman Frick
He was survived by his sister, Ruth Cox; seven nieces and nephews; 20 great-nieces and nephews; and 29 great-grandnieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Norris French; and his brother, John A. Frick, Jr.
Robert was born on October 6th, 1914 at the home of his parents John Arthur and Ruth Linderman Frick in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a youth he spent his summers learning to sail on a lake in the Pocono Mountains where he became an expert small boat handler. He was running an antique shop in Wilmington, Delaware but returned home to enlist in the Coast Guard in the summer of 1942. He entered active duty at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an apprentice seaman on the 15th of September 1942 and was assigned to initial training or "Boot Camp" in Philadelphia. After graduation he served as a crew member on patrol boats in Philadelphia Harbor and the Delaware River, then attended seamanship school in the New York City area at the Manhattan Beach Training Station. Upon graduation he was awarded a Boatswain's Mate rating and qualified as a coxswain or small boat captain. He was assigned back to the Philadelphia Navy Yard Coast Guard Station which allowed him to return home during leaves. His picket boat was the best maintained in the fleet as it conducted patrols involved in rescue operations, customs and immigration control, often In cooperation with the FBI. Detailed for overseas duty, he sailed for the South Pacific December 9th 1944 and spent Christmas on board a troop ship. He arrived in New Guinea where he met his brother Jack who was there serving in an army boat and shore regiment. He spent the next year in New Guinea and the Philippines working with the Navy, the Merchant Marine and the Army as a small boat coxswain. As a boatswain, part of his duty was to lead arriving war ships to their moorings when they arrived at a harbor. One of his fondest memories was leading battleships into harbors at the end of World War Two. He was able to address the captain of the USS Missouri as a fellow captain from his 40 foot launch. He returned to the United States on the USS General William Mitchell, sailing on February 1st, 1946, landing in San Francisco, California and then was honorably released from active duty at the Coast Guard Separation Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb 16th, 1946.
For his service Petty Officer Frick received the following
The Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal
The American Service Medal
The Asia Pacific Campaign Medal
The World War II Victory Medal.
After separation he returned to Pennsylvania and began his college education, graduating with a degree in history from Moravian College in 1949. Embarking on a career of historic preservation in the North East, he particularly specialized in working with historic properties which were struggling financially. He undertook the challenge of rescuing old houses and establishing groups to maintain and exhibit them and their contents. Once the institution was up and running he would move onto another challenge. He worked in upstate New York, Long Island, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was instrumental in putting the Mark Twain House in Hartford on its feet. He retired to Allentown, Pennsylvania where he continued to sail but his real interest was becoming a Revolutionary War reenactor and a founding member of the Northampton County Pennsylvania Militia. Even in his seventies he was spending nights outdoors in a tent during reenactment encampments. He died in Nazareth, Pennsylvania at the age of 98 on May 25th, 2013, leaving behind a vast collection of his Revolutionary War equipment. He was buried quietly in the family plot in Niske Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He never married but was survived by a large number of nieces and nephews whom he taught how to sail and who delighted in visiting his reenactment encampments.
Bob Frick was fortunate in his service. He loved what he was doing as it fitted perfectly with his interest in small boat handling. Much of his service was performed near his home but he was honored to be able to contribute in his own small way to victory in the Pacific. He returned home and found rewarding work. He is another example of a generation which gladly served in his own way, then returned to excel in an occupation that contributed to his country and its history.
He was survived by his sister, Ruth Cox; seven nieces and nephews; 20 great-nieces and nephews; and 29 great-grandnieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Norris French; and his brother, John A. Frick, Jr.
Robert was born on October 6th, 1914 at the home of his parents John Arthur and Ruth Linderman Frick in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a youth he spent his summers learning to sail on a lake in the Pocono Mountains where he became an expert small boat handler. He was running an antique shop in Wilmington, Delaware but returned home to enlist in the Coast Guard in the summer of 1942. He entered active duty at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an apprentice seaman on the 15th of September 1942 and was assigned to initial training or "Boot Camp" in Philadelphia. After graduation he served as a crew member on patrol boats in Philadelphia Harbor and the Delaware River, then attended seamanship school in the New York City area at the Manhattan Beach Training Station. Upon graduation he was awarded a Boatswain's Mate rating and qualified as a coxswain or small boat captain. He was assigned back to the Philadelphia Navy Yard Coast Guard Station which allowed him to return home during leaves. His picket boat was the best maintained in the fleet as it conducted patrols involved in rescue operations, customs and immigration control, often In cooperation with the FBI. Detailed for overseas duty, he sailed for the South Pacific December 9th 1944 and spent Christmas on board a troop ship. He arrived in New Guinea where he met his brother Jack who was there serving in an army boat and shore regiment. He spent the next year in New Guinea and the Philippines working with the Navy, the Merchant Marine and the Army as a small boat coxswain. As a boatswain, part of his duty was to lead arriving war ships to their moorings when they arrived at a harbor. One of his fondest memories was leading battleships into harbors at the end of World War Two. He was able to address the captain of the USS Missouri as a fellow captain from his 40 foot launch. He returned to the United States on the USS General William Mitchell, sailing on February 1st, 1946, landing in San Francisco, California and then was honorably released from active duty at the Coast Guard Separation Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb 16th, 1946.
For his service Petty Officer Frick received the following
The Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal
The American Service Medal
The Asia Pacific Campaign Medal
The World War II Victory Medal.
After separation he returned to Pennsylvania and began his college education, graduating with a degree in history from Moravian College in 1949. Embarking on a career of historic preservation in the North East, he particularly specialized in working with historic properties which were struggling financially. He undertook the challenge of rescuing old houses and establishing groups to maintain and exhibit them and their contents. Once the institution was up and running he would move onto another challenge. He worked in upstate New York, Long Island, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was instrumental in putting the Mark Twain House in Hartford on its feet. He retired to Allentown, Pennsylvania where he continued to sail but his real interest was becoming a Revolutionary War reenactor and a founding member of the Northampton County Pennsylvania Militia. Even in his seventies he was spending nights outdoors in a tent during reenactment encampments. He died in Nazareth, Pennsylvania at the age of 98 on May 25th, 2013, leaving behind a vast collection of his Revolutionary War equipment. He was buried quietly in the family plot in Niske Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He never married but was survived by a large number of nieces and nephews whom he taught how to sail and who delighted in visiting his reenactment encampments.
Bob Frick was fortunate in his service. He loved what he was doing as it fitted perfectly with his interest in small boat handling. Much of his service was performed near his home but he was honored to be able to contribute in his own small way to victory in the Pacific. He returned home and found rewarding work. He is another example of a generation which gladly served in his own way, then returned to excel in an occupation that contributed to his country and its history.
Veteran: Petty Officer 2nd Class Boatswains Mate Robert Packer Linderman Frick
He was survived by his sister, Ruth Cox; seven nieces and nephews; 20 great-nieces and nephews; and 29 great-grandnieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Norris French; and his brother, John A. Frick, Jr.
Robert was born on October 6th, 1914 at the home of his parents John Arthur and Ruth Linderman Frick in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a youth he spent his summers learning to sail on a lake in the Pocono Mountains where he became an expert small boat handler. He was running an antique shop in Wilmington, Delaware but returned home to enlist in the Coast Guard in the summer of 1942. He entered active duty at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an apprentice seaman on the 15th of September 1942 and was assigned to initial training or "Boot Camp" in Philadelphia. After graduation he served as a crew member on patrol boats in Philadelphia Harbor and the Delaware River, then attended seamanship school in the New York City area at the Manhattan Beach Training Station. Upon graduation he was awarded a Boatswain's Mate rating and qualified as a coxswain or small boat captain. He was assigned back to the Philadelphia Navy Yard Coast Guard Station which allowed him to return home during leaves. His picket boat was the best maintained in the fleet as it conducted patrols involved in rescue operations, customs and immigration control, often In cooperation with the FBI. Detailed for overseas duty, he sailed for the South Pacific December 9th 1944 and spent Christmas on board a troop ship. He arrived in New Guinea where he met his brother Jack who was there serving in an army boat and shore regiment. He spent the next year in New Guinea and the Philippines working with the Navy, the Merchant Marine and the Army as a small boat coxswain. As a boatswain, part of his duty was to lead arriving war ships to their moorings when they arrived at a harbor. One of his fondest memories was leading battleships into harbors at the end of World War Two. He was able to address the captain of the USS Missouri as a fellow captain from his 40 foot launch. He returned to the United States on the USS General William Mitchell, sailing on February 1st, 1946, landing in San Francisco, California and then was honorably released from active duty at the Coast Guard Separation Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb 16th, 1946.
For his service Petty Officer Frick received the following
The Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal
The American Service Medal
The Asia Pacific Campaign Medal
The World War II Victory Medal.
After separation he returned to Pennsylvania and began his college education, graduating with a degree in history from Moravian College in 1949. Embarking on a career of historic preservation in the North East, he particularly specialized in working with historic properties which were struggling financially. He undertook the challenge of rescuing old houses and establishing groups to maintain and exhibit them and their contents. Once the institution was up and running he would move onto another challenge. He worked in upstate New York, Long Island, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was instrumental in putting the Mark Twain House in Hartford on its feet. He retired to Allentown, Pennsylvania where he continued to sail but his real interest was becoming a Revolutionary War reenactor and a founding member of the Northampton County Pennsylvania Militia. Even in his seventies he was spending nights outdoors in a tent during reenactment encampments. He died in Nazareth, Pennsylvania at the age of 98 on May 25th, 2013, leaving behind a vast collection of his Revolutionary War equipment. He was buried quietly in the family plot in Niske Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He never married but was survived by a large number of nieces and nephews whom he taught how to sail and who delighted in visiting his reenactment encampments.
Bob Frick was fortunate in his service. He loved what he was doing as it fitted perfectly with his interest in small boat handling. Much of his service was performed near his home but he was honored to be able to contribute in his own small way to victory in the Pacific. He returned home and found rewarding work. He is another example of a generation which gladly served in his own way, then returned to excel in an occupation that contributed to his country and its history.
He was survived by his sister, Ruth Cox; seven nieces and nephews; 20 great-nieces and nephews; and 29 great-grandnieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Norris French; and his brother, John A. Frick, Jr.
Robert was born on October 6th, 1914 at the home of his parents John Arthur and Ruth Linderman Frick in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a youth he spent his summers learning to sail on a lake in the Pocono Mountains where he became an expert small boat handler. He was running an antique shop in Wilmington, Delaware but returned home to enlist in the Coast Guard in the summer of 1942. He entered active duty at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an apprentice seaman on the 15th of September 1942 and was assigned to initial training or "Boot Camp" in Philadelphia. After graduation he served as a crew member on patrol boats in Philadelphia Harbor and the Delaware River, then attended seamanship school in the New York City area at the Manhattan Beach Training Station. Upon graduation he was awarded a Boatswain's Mate rating and qualified as a coxswain or small boat captain. He was assigned back to the Philadelphia Navy Yard Coast Guard Station which allowed him to return home during leaves. His picket boat was the best maintained in the fleet as it conducted patrols involved in rescue operations, customs and immigration control, often In cooperation with the FBI. Detailed for overseas duty, he sailed for the South Pacific December 9th 1944 and spent Christmas on board a troop ship. He arrived in New Guinea where he met his brother Jack who was there serving in an army boat and shore regiment. He spent the next year in New Guinea and the Philippines working with the Navy, the Merchant Marine and the Army as a small boat coxswain. As a boatswain, part of his duty was to lead arriving war ships to their moorings when they arrived at a harbor. One of his fondest memories was leading battleships into harbors at the end of World War Two. He was able to address the captain of the USS Missouri as a fellow captain from his 40 foot launch. He returned to the United States on the USS General William Mitchell, sailing on February 1st, 1946, landing in San Francisco, California and then was honorably released from active duty at the Coast Guard Separation Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb 16th, 1946.
For his service Petty Officer Frick received the following
The Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal
The American Service Medal
The Asia Pacific Campaign Medal
The World War II Victory Medal.
After separation he returned to Pennsylvania and began his college education, graduating with a degree in history from Moravian College in 1949. Embarking on a career of historic preservation in the North East, he particularly specialized in working with historic properties which were struggling financially. He undertook the challenge of rescuing old houses and establishing groups to maintain and exhibit them and their contents. Once the institution was up and running he would move onto another challenge. He worked in upstate New York, Long Island, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was instrumental in putting the Mark Twain House in Hartford on its feet. He retired to Allentown, Pennsylvania where he continued to sail but his real interest was becoming a Revolutionary War reenactor and a founding member of the Northampton County Pennsylvania Militia. Even in his seventies he was spending nights outdoors in a tent during reenactment encampments. He died in Nazareth, Pennsylvania at the age of 98 on May 25th, 2013, leaving behind a vast collection of his Revolutionary War equipment. He was buried quietly in the family plot in Niske Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He never married but was survived by a large number of nieces and nephews whom he taught how to sail and who delighted in visiting his reenactment encampments.
Bob Frick was fortunate in his service. He loved what he was doing as it fitted perfectly with his interest in small boat handling. Much of his service was performed near his home but he was honored to be able to contribute in his own small way to victory in the Pacific. He returned home and found rewarding work. He is another example of a generation which gladly served in his own way, then returned to excel in an occupation that contributed to his country and its history.
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