| In July, 2002,
we were contacted by Evie Martin, who was researching the life of
Hollis Martin, the Queen Anne graduate after whom her husband is
named. We shared information with Mrs. Martin, who has compiled
a substantial album of photos, clippings, letters, and other materials,
much of which we present on this Web site as the first of what we
hope will be a continuing series featuring Queen Anne graduates
and events. Because of the wealth of material provided by Mrs. Martin,
we are dividing the story of Hollis into at least five parts, which
we will publish at intervals of a week or less. Hollis' life was
brief, but he found himself involved in momentous events, dying
in one of the most crucial naval battles of all time, the Battle
of Midway, on June 4, 1942. A month later, on August 5, 1942, a
boy was born to the wife of Hollis' older brother, Dwight, who named
the child after his missing brother. |
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