World War II Honoree

Earnest Trevar Hoberecht, Jr.

Hometown

Watonga, Oklahoma

Honored By

William E. Shaklee

Relationship

Brother-in-Law

WENT TO PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, IN 1942 AS A NAVY YARD WORKER AND WAS MADE EDITOR OF THE PEARL HARBOR BULLETIN. HE WORKED AS A UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL WAR CORRESPONDENT WITH THE U.S. NAVY IN 1944 AND 1945. HE WAS ON THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED TO END THE WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST ALLIED CORRESPONDENT TO LAND IN JAPAN. WHILE THERE, HE LIVED WITH A JAPANESE FAMILY. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NAMED HIM CHIEF CORRESPONDENT AND MANAGER OF ITS TOKYO BUREAU IN 1945.