He was also the founder of two Tuscaloosa, Alabama radio stations (WTBC and WUOA) and wrote the book, Back From the Living Dead, about his experiences as a POW and Bataan Death March survivor.
After graduating, he received a commission as a second lieutenant through the University's ROTC program and was assigned to the 27th Bomb Group.
He was captured in 1942 and held as a POW by Japan while serving in the Philippines, surviving the Bataan Death March in the process.
After the war, Bank retired from the Air Force with the rank of Major and returned to Tuscaloosa and took over WTBC as owner and general manager.
Bank lived in Tuscaloosa until he died on June 22, 2009, aged 94, shortly after being admitted into a local hospital.