Jack's 45th red John Hope Franklin lived through

John Hope Franklin lived through America’s most defining twentieth-century transformation

from sacrifices on foreign battlefields to helping Oklahoma neighbors in the aftermath of destructive tornadoes and flooding

United States Senator

Allen was an entrepreneur—a rare deal maker who found ways to invest in resources

boarded the USS Westernland in Antwerp

Jack's 45th red John Hope Franklin lived throughJack and Leota Neville never spoke of the war years. Efforts to engage them in such conversations were always deflected, this chapter of their life together seemingly forever closed. Jack's 45th serves to open this chapter of their life and times together as well as pay tribute to all of those in The Greatest Generation. Jack's 45t" presents a unique blend of family, Oklahoma, and World War II history that follows the footsteps of Jack Neville from