- Frank enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on 19 August 1922. His first muster, a couple weeks later, was Parris Island, South Carolina Training Station, Battalion "A" Marine Barracks.
- His first duty station was Sea-Going Depot, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia beginning in October 1922. He subsequently served in Marine Detachments aboard the USS Texas, the USS Utah, and the USS Wyoming.
- July 1923 saw him at Marine Barracks, Naval Station New Orleans, Louisiana. In January 1924 he mustered at Marine Barracks, Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, and in March 1924 at Marine Barracks, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- From April 1924 through August 1925, Frank was stationed at Marine Barracks, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia.
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