My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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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