Col. Dale Douglas Hogoboom, a World War II veteran and former employee at The Chronicle of the Horse, died May 13 in Winchester, Va. He was 90.
Col. Hogoboom was born in Fargo, N.D., and was an officer in the U.S. Army in World War II. He landed on France’s Omaha Beach on June 8, 1944, as a member of the 79th Infantry Division. He received a Bronze Star for action at Cherbourg.
Col. Hogoboom also served as a staff officer during the Korean War. He retired from the Army as a colonel in 1972.