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 | | Hostler, who had helped support his formerly affluent family through the depression by delivering papers, originally joined the Army as a "way to make money." He joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps during college, graduating just days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
 | | At the age of 22, Hostler was part of the X2 unit, a counter-intelligence operation of the OSS. |
 | | On June 6, Hostler, along with one representative of each Allied nation’s armed services, will be taken to Normandy, where French President Jacques Chirac, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth of England, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and U.S. President George W. Bush, will decorate the select group with the French Legion of Honor. |
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