Hopkinton Veterans Speak
From Hopkinton to West Point to the Green Berets
Respecting, remembering and welcoming veterans is important to Army Special Forces Maj.Ted Hoyt.
Upon graduating from West Point, Hopkinton's Ted Hoyt started his military career in the Air Defense Artillery. He retired as a Major in the Army Special Forces also known as the Green Berets. Hoyt was once in charge of a group of soldiers who spent months living in St. Petersburg, Russia, for language and culture immersion. They also trained in cross-country skiing. Their ski instructor was an Olympic medalist. Hoyt said they all had a grand old time drinking vodka and trying to understand their instructor's stories. During Operation Provide Comfort, Hoyt and his fellow soldiers supported Kurdish Iraq after the first Gulf War. They were treated as heroes. Schools would let out early when the American soldiers came to town. On one …
