On the anniversary of Hobbs' birth and death, his mom put an announcement in the newspaper in memory of her son. Kokomo native Ensign Wright "Billy" Hobbs was one of the last four men to die in World War II in the final Pacific air battle on August 15, 1945. Hobbs' story is the subject of a new book by John Wukovits called Dogfight Over Tokyo.
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