A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP BASED ON TRUST & MUTUAL RESPECT

 

WITH AMBASSADOR ROBERT C. HILL IN EL SALVADOR IN 1955

LITTLETON, N.H., Nov. 28 (AP) —Robert C. Hill, who had served as United States ambassador to five countries, died today at his home after being stricken with a heart attack. He was 61 years old.

Mr. Hill had been ambassador to  Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico under President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, and 20 years later in Spain and Argentina under Presidents Richard m. Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Gov. Meldrim Thomson ordered flags at state buildings flown at half staff, and called Mr. Hill one of the nation's “most proficient fighters against the corrosive forces of Communism.”

Mr. Hill's diplomatic career began in 1943 with service in India. A native of Littleton, he had retired from the diplomatic service after serving as ambassador to Argentina under Presidents Nixon and Ford.

A graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston University Law School, Mr. Hill was a banker by profession.

Bill Cavan and Robert Charles Hill were lifelong friends. Cavan Served in El Salvador (1955-56), Spain (1969-1971), and Argentina (1974-1976) at Ambassador Hill's request.

A friendship that began in El Salvador in 1955.

 

TOUR OF DUTY (1971-1973): THE VIETNAM WAR

 

EMPEROR HAILE SALASSIE'S PALACE WITH CHETTAH 1968

AT EMPEROR HAILE SALASSIE'S PALACE IN ETHIOPIA  1968

Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ, "Power of the Trinity"^[1]) (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen,^[2] was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The heir to a dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th century, and from there by tradition back to King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history.^[3][4]

THE ONLY B-29 FLYING IN THE WORLD ( 67 years later )

FLIGHT OF THE ECUADOR 1981 (50th ANNIVERSARY)

THE RECREATION OF THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT OF THE ECUADOR ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY

(MARCH 1981)

San Diego, California to Quito, Ecuador

 San Diego Businessman Ted Gildred Shaking Hands with Vice President of Ecuador upon arrival of epic journey. Bill Cavan  is to Ted Gildred's right.

Mayor of Mexico City greets the crew of the "Flight of the Ecuador" Goodwill team.

From Left to right; NBC reporter Gina Lew, Ted Gildred, William (Bill) F. Black, Jr. and Bill Cavan at Las Mañanitas in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

 Ted Gildred present gesture of Goodwill at Managua International Airport to Sandinista Government Officials, as Bill Cavan observes.

Meeting with U.S. Ambassador in Mexico City at the U.S. Embassy.

Ready to for Take-off  San Diego (Lindbergh International Airport) Press corps recording event for posterity.

San Diego Mayor (and future U.S. Senator & Governor of the State of California) Pete Wilson, flanked by L-R:   Bill Cavan,  Press corps from National geographic magazine,   Smithsonian Institute,   Mayor Wilson,   Bill Black, and co-pilot.

Stop in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico (Border with Guatemala)

50 WONDERFUL YEARS : A SPECIAL SOMEONE TO SHARE IT ALL WITH

MARINE ROOM, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA

MARCH 14, 2009

THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 

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