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Colonel William M. Frash, USMC (ret.)
“served as the youngest commissioned officer of a squadron in the Marine Corps and later the first commanding officer
of the base which by that time was Miramar. After earning his wings in early 1942, he was transferred to Camp Kearny, San Diego, and became executive officer
for Marine Fighter Squadron 122, which was shipped to the Pacific.” Colonel William M. Frash “attended
University of California Berkeley where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1937. He joined the Marine Corps soon
after and trained at the Naval Air Station, Opalocka, Fla., receiving his wings in early 1942.” (Flight Jacket 5/2006)
Colonel William M. Frash died in May 2006. He is the author of Hunter Hunted; Impending Peril;
Imminent Engagement; and, Is the Red Witch Dead?
According to the book description of
Hunter Hunted, A new emperor rules Japan, and former President Teddy Roosevelt sends Marine Corps
Captain Matt Hunter to Asia to spy out the monarch's plans for expansion in the Pacific. Hunter sails to the South Pacific
aboard The Swift, learning along the way that a murderous bandit calling himself Matt Hunter has been plundering throughout
the islands. To protect his shipmates, his mission, and his reputation, Hunter must defeat the malicious counterfeit. Accompanied
by the vivacious Jessica Hopkins, who captures his heart after he rescues her from the tyrant ruler of an isolated atoll,
Hunter sails from island to island, gathering intelligence about the Japanese and hunting the impostor along a trail of silver
looted from sunken Spanish galleons. Bill Frash served twenty-two years as a naval combat aviator
in the United States Marine Corps. He later became chief of staff of the Atomic Exercise Brigade, and, before retiring, was
the first Marine Corps officer to command the Marine and Naval Air Station at Miramar. Colonel Frash takes particular care
in researching the real events that provide the backdrop for the exploits of Captain Matt Hunter, unearthing even the smallest
historical details to heighten the authenticity of the novels in the continuing “Hunter Saga.”
According to the book description of
Impending Peril, “A gripping historical novel set in 1904. President Theodore Roosevelt has
secretly ordered United States Marine Captain Matt Hunter to infiltrate Chinese, Russian and Japanese intelligence. Risking
exposure and certain death as a spy, Hunter penetrates the high commands of the Asian adversaries in this suspenseful action
thriller about the seeds of World War II.
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