Hans Hoets
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Hans Hoets | |
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| File:Hans Hoets.JPG Hans Hoets in 2011 | |
| Born | April 24, 1921 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 28 August 28, 2014 |
| Allegiance | Netherlands |
| Branch | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) |
| Rank | 2nd Lt. Special Services |
| Unit | Infantry |
| Conflicts | World War II |
| Other work | Lawyer, writer |
Pieter Johannes Hoets (April 24, 1921 – August 28, 2014) was a Dutch Engelandvaarder, an active Dutch resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in WW-II.
World War II
[edit | edit source]After a failed attempt to sail to England on June 19, 1940, he eventually left the country from Delfzijl on October 13, 1944. In Stockholm he signed up as a volunteer and was assigned to the Dutch Intelligence in Stockholm to interrogate new arrivals. After he arrived in England, he served in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.
Post-war
[edit | edit source]After the war he immigrated to the US, where he studied US law at Yale University, joined The Coca-Cola Company where he became Chief Counsel for Coca Cola Europe, and later joined New York-based Reid & Priest, a law firm with 160 attorneys founded in 1935 with an office in Washington, D.C.. Hoets authored five historic books, including De Yale Connection. De jacht op de Marcos-miljarden en het Zwitsers bankgeheim ("The Yale Connection. Hunting the Marcos billions and Swiss banking secrecy.")
Death
[edit | edit source]Hoets died on August 28, 2014, in Stamford, Connecticut, the United States.
Military and Knight's Orders
[edit | edit source]- Cross of Merit (Netherlands)
- Oorlogsherinneringskruis with four stars (War Memorial Cross)
- Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross)
- Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
See also
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
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References
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