- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRalph Paul LeBlanc
- Nickname
- Frenchie
- Ralph LeBlanc was born on October 6, 1921 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA. He died on August 21, 1994 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA.
- He, Henry H. Caldwell, Owen McCarty, James H. Robbins, William Warr, William Kearns and two others survived the crash of the U.S. Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner "George 1" in Antarctica on 30 December 1946, which killed three of their mates. LeBlanc, who had survived Guadalcanal and two earlier crashes, was so badly burned, both of his legs had to be amputated.
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