ROBERT HULL - KOREAN WAR
Robert Hull, 91
Gloucester, MA
Born: 12/11/1931
Died: 8/20/2023
Born/Raised: Gloucester
Rank: Sgt.
Service: US Air Force
Korean War
Spokane, WA
Dates of Service: 1950-1954
Robert Hull graduated GHS in 1949 and in 1950 he enlisted in the US Air Force as the US became embroiled in the Korean peninsula. He spent his time as an aircraft mechanic working on B-36 “Peacemaker” bombers. This would translate into a position at Logan Airport as a mechanic with Northeast Air and Eastern Airlines and eventually back home in Gloucester at Varian where he worked for 13 years.
He married Anne Harding in 1952 and the couple remained married for 52 years until her death in 2004. The couple had three children: Bobby, Nancy and Susan, eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Robert died August 20, 2023.