Micele, Francisco, “Micele, Francisco (Interview outline and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29268.
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Micele, Francisco (Interview outline and video), 2011
Frank Micele was born in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1923 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943-1946 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During his service, he fought in the entirety of the Battle of Iwo Jima and was involved in the taking of Mt. Suribachi. After the end of the war in 1945, Frank spent several moths policing Japan while stationed in the Japanese navel base at Sasebo.