MOPH Chapter 531 member U.S. Navy, Captain (retired), John Hancock was the Honored Special Guest at the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway aboard the USS Yorktown CV-10 in Mt. Pleasant, SC. on 5 June 2017. Captain Hancock was a 17 years old seaman, manning a 50 caliber, water-cooled machine gun, firing at the enemy, when a bomb exploded killing many Marines and sailors, and wounding John Hancock. When the “abandon ship” order was given, John Hancock drifted at sea, covered in oil, with only his life vest for flotation for several hours before
being rescued by a Navy destroyer.
