- SURNAME
Hostler
- FORENAME
Charles W.
- UNIT
USAAF OSS France
- RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Legion of Merit,Purple Heart
- PLACE
France 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1920
graduated University of California,Los Angeles 1942 (B.A.) (ROTC)
USAAF/USAF 1942-63 (retired as Colonel)
OSS France 1944
WIA 1944 France
OSS Rumania 1945
educated University of Bucharest,Rumania
graduated Georgetown University 1951 (M.A.)
graduated American University of Beirut 1955 (M.A. in Arab and Middle East Studies)
graduated Georgetown University 1956 (Ph.D)
Member of the Board,McDonnell Douglas Corp. 1963-69
US Department of Commerce (Bureau of International Commerce) 1974-76
Regional Vice-President,Middle East and Africa,E-Systems Inc,Cairo 1976-77
US Ambassador to Bahrain 1989-93
President,Hostler Investment Co.
award Legion d'Honneur (France) 6.6.2004
author "Soldier to Ambassador:From the D-Day Normandy Landing to the Persian Gulf War,A Memoir Odyssey" (2003)
married Chin-Yeh Rose
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