Comments - WWII Hero Edwin O’Hara: The Honor, But Not the Medal - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T12:40:40Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A235449&xn_auth=noGlad you enjoyed it Charles.…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2018-10-08:6442157:Comment:2359012018-10-08T03:25:13.680ZJoe Gannonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JoeGannon
<p>Glad you enjoyed it Charles. Gerry Regan read an article about O'Hara in the Irish Echo, I believe, and suggested I research it. I've read a lot of WWII history, but had never heard of this remarkable battle. I suppose it's a very minor one compared to various large naval battles between large fleets, but it was certainly a very intriguing one. </p>
<p>My wife and I have been in and through Louisburgh many times while staying in Mayo. We ate lunch there a couple of times and visited the…</p>
<p>Glad you enjoyed it Charles. Gerry Regan read an article about O'Hara in the Irish Echo, I believe, and suggested I research it. I've read a lot of WWII history, but had never heard of this remarkable battle. I suppose it's a very minor one compared to various large naval battles between large fleets, but it was certainly a very intriguing one. </p>
<p>My wife and I have been in and through Louisburgh many times while staying in Mayo. We ate lunch there a couple of times and visited the Grace O'Malley museum there once. We also went to the horse races on the beach in Carrowniskey two years ago, just west of there.</p> Hello Joe,
Thanks for the sto…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2018-10-08:6442157:Comment:2357632018-10-08T00:53:42.091ZCharles L Fieldshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/CharlesLFields
<p>Hello Joe,</p>
<p>Thanks for the story. As a '70 graduate of USMMA, I remember the story well. It was good to read again.</p>
<p>My wife and I spend a few months each year in Louisburgh, Ireland. I'll be heading there in Nov.</p>
<p>Thanks again for remembering a young hero.</p>
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<p>Charles Fields</p>
<p>Tolland CT</p>
<p>Hello Joe,</p>
<p>Thanks for the story. As a '70 graduate of USMMA, I remember the story well. It was good to read again.</p>
<p>My wife and I spend a few months each year in Louisburgh, Ireland. I'll be heading there in Nov.</p>
<p>Thanks again for remembering a young hero.</p>
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<p>Charles Fields</p>
<p>Tolland CT</p> The SS Stephen Hopkins was na…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2018-10-01:6442157:Comment:2354822018-10-01T00:28:44.138ZJoe Gannonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JoeGannon
<p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Stephen_Hopkins_%28NYPL_NYPG97-F76-420410%29.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Stephen_Hopkins_%28NYPL_NYPG97-F76-420410%29.jpg?width=300" style="padding: 10px;" width="300"></img></a> The SS Stephen Hopkins was named for a Rhode Island politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. <b>Stephen Hopkins</b><span> (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a governor of the …</span></p>
<p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Stephen_Hopkins_%28NYPL_NYPG97-F76-420410%29.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Stephen_Hopkins_%28NYPL_NYPG97-F76-420410%29.jpg?width=300" width="300" class="align-left" style="padding: 10px;"/></a>The SS Stephen Hopkins was named for a Rhode Island politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. <b>Stephen Hopkins</b><span> (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a governor of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations" title="Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations">Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations</a><span>, a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Justices_of_the_Rhode_Island_Supreme_Court" title="List of Chief Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court">Chief Justice</a><span> of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_Supreme_Court" title="Rhode Island Supreme Court">Rhode Island Supreme Court</a><span>, and a signer of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a><span>. He was from a prominent Rhode Island family, the grandson of William Hopkins who served the colony for 40 years as Deputy, Assistant, Speaker of the House of Deputies, and Major. His great grandfather </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hopkins_(settler)" title="Thomas Hopkins (settler)">Thomas Hopkins</a><span> was an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_settlers_of_Rhode_Island#Signers_of_Providence_agreement_for_a_government,_1640" title="List of early settlers of Rhode Island">original settler</a><span> of Providence Plantation, sailing from England in 1635 with his cousin </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold_(governor)" title="Benedict Arnold (governor)">Benedict Arnold</a><span> who became the first governor of the Rhode Island colony under the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Charter_of_1663" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Charter of 1663">Royal Charter of 1663</a><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>Read the rest of his history here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)</a></span></p> Hidden away in the water off…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2018-09-30:6442157:Comment:2354782018-09-30T14:51:05.986ZThe Wild Geesehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese
<p><span>Hidden away in the water off Battery Park in New York City is one of the most moving memorials you are ever likely to see. The American Merchant Mariner’s memorial, sculpted by Marisol Escobar in 1991, takes the form of three merchant seamen stranded on a sinking ship, terrified, calling for help and trying to reach the desperate hand of one of their shipmates floundering in the water below. As the tide comes in, the figure reaching up for help slowly sinks under the water, then is…</span></p>
<p><span>Hidden away in the water off Battery Park in New York City is one of the most moving memorials you are ever likely to see. The American Merchant Mariner’s memorial, sculpted by Marisol Escobar in 1991, takes the form of three merchant seamen stranded on a sinking ship, terrified, calling for help and trying to reach the desperate hand of one of their shipmates floundering in the water below. As the tide comes in, the figure reaching up for help slowly sinks under the water, then is fully revealed again as it goes out. Note the Statue of Liberty in the background. </span></p>
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