He married Flora Parkinson in San Pedro, California in 1941. Navy's Seabees for six months as a photographer during World War II until he was given a medical discharge. There was a temporary hiatus in his career as he served in the U.S. He graduated from high school in 1938, and in 1939 he lied about his age in order to get his first newspaper job at the Glendale Star. Frank Herbert was born Octoin Tacoma, Washington to Frank Patrick Herbert Sr.
