Lopatinsky (Southern Victory)

Yeoman Lopatinsky served as a wireless operator on the Josephus Daniels during the Second Great War. Prior to joining the Navy, Lopatinsky had been a coal miner in West Virginia.

As an operator, he had many dealings with the ship's captain Sam Carsten who frequented the wireless shack at all hours. During one such visit, Lopatinsky was surprised to discover that his uncle had served with Carsten during the Great War on the Dakota.