Harry Eugene Hull was born on December 21, 1922, in Bakersfield, California. He spent his early years in Lost Hills, CA, graduating from Wasco High School in 1940. In 1943 he volunteered for the Army Air Corps and served as a B-17 bombardier with the 95th Bomber Group based in Horham, England. First Lieutenant Hull flew more than 30 combat missions over Germany, and two missions over Normandy on D-Day, earning multiple Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross before honorably separating from the Army in 1945.

In 1945 he met and married Helen Shields. After the war, they settled down in Coalinga, California, where Harry worked in the oil industry. Harry and Helen had two sons, Michael, born in 1946, and Barton (BJ), born in 1947. They moved to Ventura in 1970, where Harry continued his career in the oil industry. Helen passed away in 1981. In 1983 Harry married Norma Lohr, enjoying nearly 20 years of golf and travel together before her passing in 2002. In 2005 Harry married Jean Phillips, a friend from their retirement home. Jean passed away in 2006.

Harry died on February 4, 2020, at the age of 97, in Bakersfield, and is now buried in the Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin, Kern County, California, USA.

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