The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Death of WW II U.S. Navy Veteran Oliver Hacker, 94: Also Drove the Stars and Was Security Guard to Howard Hughes


From the Dec. 31, 2019, Waco Tribune-Herald.

Died December 28, 2019, in Waco, Texas.    Was buried Jan. 2 at White Rock Cemetery in Ross, Texas.

Born Nov. 24, 1925, in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became Seaman First Class serving on the destroyers USS McKee and USS McCaffery and the battleship USS Pennsylvania.

After his honorable discharge in 1947, he moved to California where he owned and operated Limousine Service to the Stars with clients like Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra,  and Debbie Reynolds among others.

He also worked as a security guard for Howard Hughes.

Now There Was Someone With Quite An Interesting Life.  --GreGen

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