The Life of A Navy Corpsman to Marine Corpsman to Medical Doctor And Beyond

About the Book

The book is the life of a small town boy with big dreams of improving himself to be of service to his countrymen.

It started where he was born, in New Iberia, Louisiana, to a very loving Mother and Father. At that time they were living at his Grandfather’s farm, Pierre Babineaux in the community of Coteau, which was a French speaking community, and today is known as Cajun country.

He was the middle child of seven children that moved to the town of Delcambre when he was 12 years old.

He was the first of the Falgout families of Delcambre, Louisiana to graduate from High School. He was the first to join a Military Unit. He was the first to Graduate from a University. He was the first to go to graduate School and become a Medical Doctor.

He became the First Cardiology Specialist in the Cities of Naples, Florida, Lafayette, Abbeville, Louisiana and New Iberia, Louisiana.

He was the person that helped to set up the first Medical ICU in the Cities of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Abbeville, Louisiana and Orange Memorial Hospital, now Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.

He married a pretty girl, Viola Provost, from Belgrade, North Carolina, and they had two boys, Frank Jr. and James Lee.

He and Vi are now retired in Port Richey, Florida, where they just celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary.

After he retired in 1993 he continued teaching Advanced Cardiac Life Support to Nurses, Paramedica, and Physicians in five counties in western Florida and the University of South Florida Medical School, which he had been doing for five years before retiring.

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