Harold K. Hoskins

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Harold K. Hoskins, Sr. (15 February 1927 Big Sandy, Texas – 1 May 2012)^[1] was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.^[1] He trained during World War II and served during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.^{[citation needed]} In 1945, he joined the U.S. Army at age 18 and learned to fly at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field.^[1] In 1971, he retired as a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel after logging 9500 flight hours.^[2] Hoskins later become assistant vice president of student affairs at California State University in Hayward.^[2]

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