Claim: William Ecker lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. and moved to Punta Gorda, Florida in 2001 and finished writing a book with Kenneth V. Jack.
Evidence: Captain William B. Ecker, USN (Retired) lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. From 1988 to 1998, he was a docent at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's facility in Suitland, Maryland where he led public tours of aircraft, spacecraft and other artifacts in a location where they were stored, preserved and restored for the museum. He moved to Punta Gorda, Florida in 2001 and resided there until his death on November 5, 2009. Before his death, Captain Ecker began writing a book with Kenneth V. Jack entitled "Blue Moon Over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis." This book was released on August 21, 2012.