Hans Hoets

Hans Hoets
Hans Hoets
	Hans Hoets in 2011
Born	April 24, 1921; The Hague, Netherlands
Died	28 August 28, 2014; Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Allegiance	Netherlands
Service/branch	Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL)
Rank	2nd Lt. Special Services
Unit	Infantry
Battles/wars	World War II
Other work	Lawyer, writer

Pieter Johannes Hoets (April 24, 1921 – August 28, 2014) was a Dutch

Nazi occupation of the Netherlands

in WW-II.

World War II

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

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.")