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Edwin Charles Hopp USNR

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War History - Page 8War History - Page 8
US, World War II War Diaries, 1941-1945
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ACORN 44's swing band on Okinawa 1945ACORN 44's swing band on Okinawa 1945
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Eddie Hopp at the pianoEddie Hopp at the piano
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Eddie Hopp and the Swinging Seabees of ACORN 44 | Thomas P Hopp's BlogEddie Hopp was the boogie-woogie piano player in the swing band of ACORN 44 during the invasion of Okinawa. A seaman second class and a Seabee, he worked on the construction of a seaplane base in preparation for the invasion of the main islands of Japan.

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tomhoppMy father Edwin Hopp was the boogie woogie piano player in ACORN 44's band.