Walton Walker
"Gus" Franke was an honors graduate of the United States Military Academy, class of 1911. He graduated 12th in a class of 83. One of Franke's classmates at West Point was future general Terry Allen, until Allen's academic difficulties led to his dismissal from the military academy. Another distinguished classmate was Walton Walker, who would rise to Lt. General and command the Eighth Army in Korea during the desperate times of 1950.