HOGUE, CYRUS D. JR. – U.S. ARMY AIR CORP, LT

HOGUE, CYRUS D. JR. – U.S. ARMY AIR CORP, LT

HOGUE, CYRUS D. JR. – U.S. ARMY AIR CORP, LT

Class of 1938
Service: U.S. Army Air Corps
Service Dates: 1943-1946
Rank: 1ST LT
MOS: Navigator
Cyrus D. Hogue, Jr. Service Army Air Corps Rank First Lieutenant Born October 4, 1921 – Wilmington, NC NHHS Class 1938 Law School UNC-CH Notable In person witness to FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech Helped bring the USS North Carolina to Wilmington After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Cy and several classmates drove to Washington DC where they were in the gallery of the joint session of Congress when President Roosevelt made his “Day of Infamy” speech. He entered the U. S. Army Air Corp in January of 1943, trained in navigation, and served in Italy, Africa and France. He was discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1946 and re-entered Chapel Hill Law School where he was an editor of the Law Review. He received his law degree in 1947, Returning to Wilmington, he practiced with his father as Hogue & Hogue, and later founded the law firm of Hogue, Hill, Jones, Nash and Lynch, with which he practiced for most of his professional life. In 1970, he was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Cy was active in the negotiations that brought Wilmington College into the North Carolina University System, as well as the acquisition of the USS North Carolina by the State and its permanent berth in Wilmington. Other civic contributions included a founding trustee of the Champion McDowell Davis Charitable Foundation, director of the Davis Nursing Home, and a trustee of the Robert R. Bellamy Memorial Foundation. Hogue’ life was said to be a celebration of the opportunities for success available by the freedom offered in the United States of America.
Accolades: He entered the U. S. Army Air Corp in January of 1943, trained in navigation, and served in Italy, Africa and France. He was discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1946

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