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W. H. Frank Major General Walter H. Frank,
Air Corps. Commanding General of the Air Service Command.

General Frank was born at Humphrey, New York, April 23, 1886.
His graduation from the U.S. Military Academy on June 10, 1910, and his appointment as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry was followed by his assignment to duty at Plattsburg, NY, where he performed company, battalion, and regimental duty until August 1913. Tor the next two years he was stationed at Madison Barracks, NY, following which he served a tour of duty for three years at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Upon his return to the US, General Frank was stationed on the Mexican Border for several months, and he was then assigned as student at the School of Arms, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he remained until his transfer to the Aviation Section, Signal Corps. He received his promotion to First Lt. July 1, 1916; to Captain, May 15, 1917; and to Major in the fall of 1917. He was promoted to Lt. Colonel January 1, 1935.
By the time America entered the second World War, General Frank's high professional attainments and experience in connection with Air Corps maneuvers and tactical functions were being used to good advantage in the Air Corps and in July 1942, he was named Commanding General of the Air Service Command in the European theater of operation. After directing the establishment of important maintenance and supply installations in England, the General was ordered to the United States to become Commanding General of the Air Service Command.