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<em>Frank </em>was born 15 December 1905 at Hyde Park, Massachusetts, into an old, well-established New England family. The accomplishments of his ancestors were, however, of no direct material assistance for very early in life Frank lost his father, and his mother taught school in order to support the family. During his early years he developed a strong desire to do his best at any worthwhile task, to help others in need, and to be involved with and interested in others. His mother’s academic guidance did not stop with his admission to the Academy; many of his letters home were returned with spelling and grammar errors noted in red.</div>
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In 1924 Frank graduated from Hyde Park High School, and was admitted to Harvard. He studied one year in Cambridge before being admitted to West Point with the Class of 1929. On graduating he was commissioned in the Field Artillery and posted to Fort Lewis. After assignments at Fort Sill and Hawaii, he was sent to the Philippine Islands in 1939 for what was planned to be a normal two year tour. His duties there prior to the Japanese attack included supervision of instruction of the United States Military Academy preparatory class, and working closely with the Philippine Constabulary and Scouts in northern Luzon.</div>
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When, in 1941, the enemy advance south cut off all normal routes to the main forces. Frank led his United States Military Academy prep students on a difficult and hazardous march through the jungles. After about ten days of successful evasion, he was able to bring his small group in to rejoin the army on Bataan. Once there, he was given command of several separate Field Artillery batteries; some regular United States Army, others still Philippine Scouts, and others still Philippine Constabulary. He organized these disparate units into a functioning battalion which became the main fire support for the center of the defense line. Frank’s battalion provided fire throughout the campaign and, when ordered to surrender by higher United States authority, destroyed all guns and ammunition before he accompanied his men on the Death March into captivity.</div>
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He spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war and in late September 1945, as the senior Allied officer in camps on northern Honshu, Frank commandeered Japanese transportation, traveled to meet the arriving United States Forces and arranged transportation for the liberation of all the prisoners.</div>
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The next year was spent in and out of Cushing General Hospital in Massachusetts, and attending the summer staff officer course at Yale. In the late summer, Frank became a member of the first regular class at the Command and General Staff College after the war.</div>
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While at Leavenworth Frank married Louise Dodge Harlow, whose former husband had been killed in the fighting in Germany.</div>
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After tours with G2, Continental Army Command at Fort Monroe and Second Army at Fort Meade, Frank commanded the 513th Airborne Infantry Regiment at Fort Breckenridge. This was followed by his assignment as the Commanding Officer of the 516th Military Intelligence Group with headquarters at Camp King, near Frankfort, Germany. In 1955 he returned with his family to the United States, and assumed command of the 108th Counter Intelligence Corps Group, out of New York City.</div>
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In 1958, after twenty-nine years of commissioned service in the Army, Frank retired from active service and took a position as the business manager of Chatham Hall, Chatham, Virginia. Two years later he accepted a position as a management analyst with the Martin Company of Orlando, Florida, and the Fellows moved to their retirement home in Winter Park, Florida, with final residence in Virginia Hall Apartments, where Louise lives. After five and a half years, Frank again switched careers to become a teacher at the Cathedral School in Orlando for a year. He then withdrew from the job market in order to devote his time and energy to historical research, gardening and travel. Throughout his life Frank had been very interested in history, particularly of the Civil War. This interest now led him to studies of the development of the West, which he pursued with his usual thoroughness and diligence. He decided to specialize on trails and guidebooks of the period about 1845-50, and had compiled a large reference library with notes and maps, in preparation for writing a definitive work on this subject. He was a member of several historical societies, and had obtained copies of many unique and interesting items from authorities throughout the western states.</div>
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In January 1975 Frank interrupted his historical research in order to take a vacation to the other side of the world, and pick up some more material on the return trip. While traveling through northern New Zealand on Russell Island near Kawi Kawi, Frank suffered a sudden heart attack and died. He is survived by his widow Louise, and sister Eunice, both of Winter Park; by his children, Dan and Faith; and by his stepdaughters, Elizabeth, Constance and Mary.</div>
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His decorations included the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.</div>
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Frank was a man well-liked by all. He was quiet and rather retiring, while accomplishing much in his lifetime and will be missed greatly by his friends, especially his classmates. He was truly a gentleman who was subjected to great indignities at the hands of our enemy in World War II. To his everlasting credit he did not allow these things to change his basic character.</div>
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