BOB HOUGH: Also a ‘tremendous, unsung patriot’

I was delighted to read Dave Oliveira’s article in the Sept. 17 Press about Bubblehead Bob Hough, the popular DJ in this area in the 1950s. Bob was a great guy. He was a mentor of mine starting when I was around 9 years old and used to play catch with me with a baseball. What I really admire about him was his Army service. His job was to go to Pacific Islands after battles as part of a graves registration team and find and identify the bodies of American soldiers killed in battle and recover them for a proper burial. It was a really unpleasant and gruesome job and Bob Hough was a tremendous, unsung patriot and hero for doing this necessary task.

GARY A. EDWARDS

Post Falls