The kid on
the left is my father Ed Hunter (1911-1988) and on the right is one of his
little brothers, Jack Hunter (1914-1990).
I think the picture was taken about 1918.
About 23
years later, on this date in 1941, Jack
survived Pearl Harbor.
He spent a
career in the Navy. One time from a PT
Boat he pulled Eddie Rickenbacker out of the sea is credited with saving his
life. At time I think what would become
Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta was then called The Eddie Rickenbacker Air
Strip. I wonder if Jack and Eddie
discussed that.
After he
retired from the Navy he moved back to Marietta and worked his second career at
Lockheed.
He and his
wife Ruby was known as a driving force of helping handicapped children.
Jack first
married Sarah Nell Collins, 3 August 1941, (less than a month after the
Invasion of Pearl Harbor).
He secondly he married Ruby Ruby Langely, 3 April
1952.
Ruby died 3
September of this year. She and Jack had
one son, also named Jack.
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