The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
About the Hoback Boys-- Part 6: Then Came Telegram No. 2
We were over the freezer (ice cream-maker) cranking away when here was another knock-- another telegram.
"The War Department regrets," the too familiar preamble read, "to inform you that your son, Staff Sgt. Raymond Samuel Hoback is missing in action."
Mom and Dad were overcome with grief and I along with them.
To this moment I can remember nothing else that happened that day.
Time simply stopped.
Two brothers Gone. --GreGen
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