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Slaker retired from the U.S.
Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1966. After working a short while for the Boeing Company, he earned his broker s license
and started his own corporation. Slaker currently resides in Tacoma, Washington.” Lieutenant Colonel
Kenneth Hawk Slaker is the author of A Military Pilot’s Exciting Life and Visit from the Hereafter.
According to the book description of A Military Pilot’s Exciting
Life and Visit from the Hereafter, “As a young boy in 1930s western Pennsylvania, Ken Slaker once read
a book about Charles Lindbergh. From that day forward, Ken s lifelong dream to be a pilot was established. Against his father
s wishes, Ken took flying lessons and enrolled in the United States Aviation Cadet program. The rest, as they say, is history.What follows in A Military Pilot s Exciting Life and Visit from the Hereafter is the
fascinating account of a great American s life. In his honest, nostalgic style, Slaker recounts his experience flying over
fifty missions as a World War II B-17 bomber pilot in Italy and North Africa. He relates the candid, often emotional aspects
of war, and the effects war can have on a person s sense of morality and duty. Amidst the seriousness, the reader gets a charming
glimpse into the era of 1940s big bands, movie stars, and camaraderie among servicemen. Slaker relates his experience meeting
actresses Carole Lombard and Francis Langford even having dinner with Bob Hope.
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From there, the story proceeds with Slaker s exciting years as a career Army pilot
in the States. Slaker held numerous positions on various bases, and he pursued education at three different universities and
even served as an associate professor. However, it was always the sky that called to him, and he stayed true to his love of
flying.
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Interspersed throughout the memoir,
Slaker's softer side emerges as he details his turbulent often very unlucky love life and family life. His maternal grandmother,
who promised to watch over him his whole life his Guardian Angel saves Slaker s life on numerous occasions. And after much
hardship, true romantic love does find Slaker in a most unusual place. That love presents itself in a spiritual, magical way
when Slaker is much older. A Military Pilot s Exciting Life and Visit from the Hereafter is a touching, intimate account of
an inspirational man of the Greatest Generation.”
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