Frank, like James, was born in China, and had a deep emotional attachment to the country. He found it hard to understand and accept the tragic circumstances that befell Asia and was filled with inner spiritual turmoil. In 1946, at the age of 26, at a US military base near Hiroshima, Japan, he shot himself.
法蘭克與李潔明一樣，都是出生於中國，對中國懷抱至深的情感，他對於亞洲後來所面臨的殘破局勢極不能釋懷，並充滿宗教情懷式的糾葛，一九四六年法蘭克以二十六歲的年輕姿態，在日本廣島郊區軍營開槍自盡。