William “Bill” Hiscock, the son of Heber and Elsie Hiscock from Newfoundland, was born May 13, 1925 in Detroit. He graduated from Cooley High School in 1943.
During World War II, Bill received basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and reported to the 65th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 20th Armored Division at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
Private First Class (PFC) Hiscock sailed to France with his division in early 1945. On the way to the front, he traveled the same road his father traveled during World War I. After crossing the Rhine, he fought in the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, which ended with the surrender of 300,000 German soldiers…