Frank Lanahan x55

12 OCT 1932 - 12 JUL 1953



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"FORGIVE MY GRIEF FOR ONE REMOVED, THY CREATURE - WHOM I FOUND SO FAIR, I TRUST HE LIVES IN THEE - AND THERE I FIND HIM WORTHIER TO BE LOVED" -TENNYSON GOD TOOK FRANK ALL TOO EARLY IN LIFE TO BE WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY. WOULD THAT THE WORLD HAVE KNOWN WHAT HE WOULD HAVE BECOME AND TO WHAT HEIGHTS HE WOULD HAVE ATTAINED. REST IN PEACE FRANCIS WE MISS YOU JACK MCAUSLAN March 1 - 2004 ********************** Frank and I first became good friends at Sully's in Washington. We would go to church every Sunday morning together - attending 7:00 AM Mass at St. Thomas Apostle Church - across the street from what today is the Marriott Washington Hotel - but in 1950 was the Wardman Park Hotel. After church - we would stop for breakfast at the Toddle House on Connecticut Avenue - as we walked back to Sully's. Frank was an inspiration to all with whom he came in contact. He was a good student - but most important - he was a good friend - with a word of encouragement for anyone when one was necessary. We remained good friends after we both were admitted to West Point - though I didn't venture too often into his "Neck of the Woods," since not being a flanker (H-1) - was an invitation to disaster visiting him. Obviously his visiting our barracks in South Area had the similar effect. It was both a surprise - and a bitter disappointment - when I learned he had cancer - and then in the summer of our Cow year - to learn he had passed away from cancer. He was a great friend whom - in spite of the almost fifty years since his death - I have never forgotten. The long talks - as we made the long walk back from Church - were a source of pleasure as we talked about the news - sports - and our future at West Point and beyond. "Rest In Peace - old friend - until we meet again." Bill Harris March 2 - 2004

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USMA 1955 Roster

USMA 1955 Pictures