Friday, May 19, 2017

A Meeting in the Pacific


In March of 1944, at the height of the war in the Pacific, this article appeared in the Minneapolis Star Journal and was republished by the Pope County Tribune (article below) & the Starbuck Times. It tells of a meeting for a reunion between two sailors: my father, Glenn Hoplin, an electrician's mate aboard the battleship USS New Jersey, and his brother Oliver, a pharmacist's mate aboard the carrier USS Nassau.





What a heart-warming story for the folks back home!  However ... if you believe the US Navy would provide a motor launch during wartime between ships so a couple of brothers could have a reunion, I have some land in the Everglades you might want to purchase. The story is completely bogus - this non-event was verified to me by my father.  It was one of a series of Navy propaganda stories for consumption by the home front. 

Sorry to disillusion you.

Copyright © 2017 Dave Hoplin



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