Woman claims that Howard Hughes went into hiding and moved to Alabama to live out his life incognito. The man everyone knows as Hughes in his later years that lived as a recluse was a double.
Author Mark Musick's book, "Boxes: The Secret Life Of Howard Hughes," goes into detail about Hughes's escape from the public eye and his marriage while going underground. It also focuses on the man chosen to be "Howard" who lived in hotels and was described as having an unkempt appearance.
A native of Blair, NE, he attended college in his hometown, Dana College. This is where Musick met and married his college sweetheart, Susan, prior to entering the military. He rose through the ranks of the U.S. Air Force and the Nebraska Air National Guard as a distinguished navigator during much of his 36-year military career.
He served as the commander of the Lincoln-based 155th Air Refueling Wing from 1994 to 1998, the assistant adjutant general for Air, and finally as the mobilization assistant to the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, NE prior to retiring from the military in 2008 as a major general.
In his civilian career Musick was employed with a non-profit organization in Lincoln, NE. This is where he began the interaction with Eva McLelland. He had talked to Eva several times on the phone prior to actually meeting her in Dothan, AL in Jan. 2002. Never did he ever realize these conversations would lead into a changing history story!
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Boxes: The Secret Life Of Howard Hughes
