World War II Honoree

Edwin Joseph O'Hara

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Lindsay, California

Honored By

Joe Feaster

Relationship

Fellow Veteran

SERVED ABOARD THE U.S. LIBERTY SHIP HOPKINS, WHOSE CREW VALIANTLY FOUGHT AND SANK THE GERMAN RAIDER 'STIER'. HE SERVED AS A MIDSHIPMAN AND WAS PART OF THE ALLIED CREW. ACCORDING TO BRINKLEY AND HASKEW'S WWII DESK REFERENCE, THE STIER'S SINKING WAS 'ATTRIBUTED TO THE FINAL ACTIONS OF MR. O'HARA, WHO FIRED THE LAST FIVE SHELLS OF THE GUN UNDER HIS COMMAND AND SET FIRE TO THE GERMAN SHIP AS HIS OWN SHIP WAS SINKING'.