Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-08-20
Il ributes To
Frank L. Samuel
OF Am. Legion

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paid him by the national COM
manders under whom he served
These tributes highlighted the I'M
counted hundreds of Geographic
and mailed messages received at
national headquarters.
Statements of the various past
national commanders follow:
LOUIS JOHNSON. 1928:
Frank Samuel made a great
national adjutant. / had the high
privilege of first appointing him
He kept the faith. He has served
our Legion long and well. He was
loyal American, a true friend, a
great Legionnaire. We shall all
miss him"
FRANK N. BELGRANO, JR.,
l93i-35:
IL join Frank f. Samuers thou
sands of friends i'm mourning his
passing, wildly remembering my
close association with him as his
national commander during 1884
80 Frank f., Samuel was a gentle
man, a scholar and an ever faithful
servant of the American Legion
| The efficiency, understanding and
sympathetic manner in which he
conducted the affairs of his office
will make it difficult for anyone
to replace him"
RAY MURPHY, 1896:
THE loss of Frank +. Smith is
irreparable, Kindly, diplomatic,
self-effacing, yet unyielding in any
matter of principle, devoted to his
country and his Legion, we shall
not see his like again. In his pass
ing / feel a great personal loss for
/ have known him almost from the
Legion's beginning. To him could
be applied in their fullest and
finest sense the words, He was a
gentleman and scholar. / know
that his soul will rest i'm peace.
HARRY w COLMERY, 1861:
"A great life has gone out from
us. Truly we may say there has
been but one Frank f.. Samuel
The mold was broken when he was
cast For all of us this is a grave
and a solemn occasion And yet we
know that his life has raised our
conception of man. May we not,
therefore through the maze of the
mystery of death, see a moment of
and gather inspiration as his life
and example challenge us to noble
living. . He was a collector of
friendships, and he never gave
away or sold a single item of his
collection"
DANIEL j. DOHERTY, 1887 :3S:
Deeply grieved to learn of Frank
f.. Samuel's death. Frank was
master of administrative proceed
ure. He thoroughly understood the
numerous phrases of the Legion's
program and his judgment in diff
ficult situations always was sound.
Trustworthy loyal, and efficient,
with all the qualities of a true
gentleman, the American Legion
and his legion of friends will miss
his great service and association"
STEPHEN f. CHADWICK,
1889:
I'm the passing of Frank f.
Samuel, the Legion has lost one
of its most valued pillars. AS the
adjutant of the worlds greatest
organization of eXservicemen he
had everything it takes-loyalty
efficiency and diplomacy. His pub
lie appearances in representing the
Legion he loved will long be re-
membered, and particularly will he
be missed by those who as national
commanders of the Legion have
had the benefit of his counsel and
guidance. A visit to the national
headquarters or attendance upon a
national convention can never be
quite the same"
RAYMOND j. KELLY, 1939:4O:
The Legion h as suffered a
great loss in the passing of Frank
f. Samuel. In his quiet way he
got things done quickly and well.
He was a splendid gentleman, a
kindly adviser, a loyal friend. He
will be badly missed"
MILO J. WARNER, 194O-41:
Our country and the American
Legion for which Frank f. Samuel
had a deep, answering devotion
have sustained an irreparable loss
in his death. He was a great Chris
tan gentleman, soldier and citizen.
Quietly efficient and loyal and
always considerate of others, his
superior service to the American
Legion, the veterans and his fell
low man will never be forgotten.
1t was a priceless privilege to have
known and worked with Frank f.
Samuel"
LYNN U. sTAMBAUGH, 1941-
AZ:
1.-THE untimely passing of Frank
E. Samuel marks the end of a
career of great service in the
truest sense of the word. His loss
will be felt by thousands in all
parts of America in addition to the
more than one and one half mil
lion men and women of the Ameri-