Sorrell Booke "Boss Hogg" spoke 12 languages fluently. Booke was fluent in French, Latin, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Greek and Italian. He said that he also “fussed" with a half-dozen other languages such as Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Persian, Polish, and Swedish.....https://image.nostr.build/955cd44e899211be47d6407e95d475344374c9b8c337cb73855f710e3b35e551.jpg During the Korean Conflict Booke served in counter-intelligence, utilizing his mastery of languages to fight persistent intelligence efforts by Communist forces. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/boss-hogg-sorrell-booke.html