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the survivor 47Billy Frank Jr. personal collectionBilly becomes a U.S. marine in 1952.learned the kind of blind faith you place in teammates you implicitlytrust. After his service, he shared an instant rapport with other menin uniform.When he completed his training for the Marines, Billy marriedNorma McCloud. She took the bus to San Diego and they lived atCamp Pendleton for more than a year.Norma was pretty, loving, and generous. “She took care ofanybody and everybody,” says Sugar Frank of his late mother. “Shewasn’t out for anything,” says Georgiana Kautz, Norma’s youngersister. “She just loved to be what she was, and loved to watch sports,and loved to take care of kids. They meant so much to her.”Norma had survived a rough childhood on the Nisqually Reservation.Like all but two of her ten siblings, she was born at home.