About Seacoast Detachment #394 MCL
Description: American Legion Post 6 - Mentoring youth, advocating patriotism, promoting strong national security, & continued devotion to our military & veterans.
Mentoring youth, advocating patriotism, promoting strong national security, & continued devotion to our military & veterans.
Frank E. Booma Lieutenant Frank Booma died on July 11, 1918 in the Champagne region of France, during World War 1. He was killed by a bomb dropped from Boche aeroplane, as he led his men a second time into the trenches, after a period of rest behind the lines. He was 24 years old.
Frank Jr. attended local schools and was a star athlete. He played football and basketball at the YMCA and graduated from Portsmouth High school in 1910. He took post graduate classes and captained the 1911 football and basketball teams. Before college he worked for Silas Pierce Company as a clerk. In 1915 he attended New Hampshire College (which became the University of New Hampshire). While there, he was a member of the football team, basketball team, and the rope-pull team.
About Seacoast Detachment #394 MCL