The fort reverted to an Army base after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when fears of a Japanese attack of the U.S. mainland caused the 9th Service Command Headquarters to be moved to the fort from the Presidio in San Francisco.
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He fought at Omaha Beach during WWII and worked as a signal maintenance and property officer at Fort Douglas, Utah, retiring in 1960.
He implemented plans to move the university to a new site on lands purchased from Fort Douglas.
After a year of being hospitalized, Hobson was assigned to the 22nd Bombardment Squadron in April 1940, and served at Hamilton Field, California, and Fort Douglas, Utah.