Commander Luther "Meat" Hook III

Commander Luther "Meat" Hook III
5 August 1964- 22 May 2009

We lost one of our own here in Fallon a few weeks ago. Our XO, on his way back from California with 3 of his daughters, died in a plane crash. We all loved "Meat" He was a man's man, a gentleman, a great husband and a wonderful father. The following was written on the program for his memorial:

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds-and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.


He will be missed