Frank Kerr

Born and raised in Washington State, Frank Kerr left home at age seventeen for the hard rock mines of the Northern Idaho panhandle, finding work with the Morning Mine in Mullan, Idaho. He quit the mine in 1948 to join the U.S. Marine Corps, and served as a combat photographer during the Korean War. His wartime photos can be found in books, magazines, documentary films, and on the walls of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia. Following his military service, Mr. Kerr was variously a journalist, public relations executive, beloved husband and father to four children. He passed away in March, 2007, at the age of seventy-six.