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One of my closest friends during WWII was John E. Hoskins.
I knew he had become the director of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit.
I also knew that he died in the 1970s.
I contacted Goodwill Industries of
Detroit and was advised that
they had no record of a John E. Hoskins. I then leaned on the Detroit Public
Library for assistance and Janet Nelson, Librarian, was very helpful. I have
learned that John was, indeed, Executive Director of Goodwill Industries of
Greater Detroit and Goodwill Regional Director of Michigan and Western
Ontario. This from a Grosse Pointe News article featuring Dr. John Hoskins;
most likely in the 1970s. John died May 11, 1977. His widow, Joyce M.
Hoskins, died October 21, 1978.
My particular current interest is that I have two pictures
of John taken in 1944-45. I feel that his children would like to have copies
of these. One of them I took when John and I were in Salzburg, Austria after
the war ended...and the other, herewith attached, is of my tent mates and I
at Poix, France in early 1945...prior to OPERATION VARSITY, the airborne Rhine
crossing of March 24, 1945. John was one of my tent mates.
Identifying left to right in the picture: Bill R. Hyden,
John E. Hoskins, Theodore Hornbaker.
John and Joyce were survived by three children: Dean W.,
Mrs. Deborah Watson and Karianne M. Hoskins, according to the newspaper
obituaries I have received, dated May 14 and 19, 1977.
The photocopied page includes the article in the Grosse
Pointe News, which also has a picture of Dr. John Hoskins. If that picture is
still in GPN files, I would like to get a print copy.
Our WWII unit, the 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron, still
exists, now as the 62nd Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base. We
have held an annual reunion there in recent years with the current members of
the Squadron. I will be there, at the Best Western Inn in Jacksonville,
Arkansas on December 3, 4, 5.
I realize that this has been a lengthy explanation and
request but if you can assist in any way we will appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Bill R. Hyden
450 West 7th Street - #1208
Tulsa OK 74119-1048
(Major, USAFRET - C-47 Pilot WWII)
E-mail:
billhyden@cox.net
Contact Bill Hyden with more information on John E. Hoskins or the Hoskins Family.
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