Frank Bunch is a family friend of Sam Fisher and a friend of Fisher's grandfather. He appeared in the novel Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate.
Biography[]
Frank Bunch had been friends with Sam Fisher's grandfather. They had been friends since their first day at the Special Operations Executive's Camp X in Lake Ontario, Canada.
Frank Bunch is the original owner of Sam's Sykes Fairbairn commando dagger. Frank had presented it to Sam, upon his graduation from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL school.
Trivia[]
- Frank Bunch lives at the Cedar Bend Assisted Living Community, apartment 302. In Frederick, Maryland. He is also stated to be 84 years old.
- The commando dagger is an important plot element in the later Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (novel) and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Endgame novels. Sam later passed the dagger onto Ben Hansen.
- Frank presenting his combat knife to Sam, upon his graduation from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) school, was based of a real ceremony in the mid-2000s when SEAL trainees were presented with USMC Ka-Bar knives by former SEALs upon graduating BUD/S training.