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Joe B. Hopper
Joseph B. Hopper was born on May 17, 1921 in Kwangju, Korea. He was raised by his missionary parents in Korea. He entered Davidson College in North Carolina in 1938, graduating magna cum laude with a …
Read MoreScrounging in Korea
An unpublished chapter from the published Mission to Korea: Joe B. Hopper on the missionary's 'scrounge fever' and the three greatest hauls of his career.
Read MoreHunting in Korea
Two chapters cut from the published Mission to Korea: Joe B. Hopper's letters home about pheasant, goose, and deer hunting with his sons in 1950s and 60s South Korea — including the day a flock of generals' stars helicoptered in for a pheasant hunt.
Read MoreDorothy Longenecker Hopper
Dorothy “Dot” Longenecker Hopper was born March 26, 1920 in the Belgian Congo to Jay Hershey and Minnie Hauhart Longenecker. Dot grew up as a missionary kid in the Belgian Congo. She …
Read MoreTimeline of the Hopper Family in Korea
Timeline of three generations of the Hopper family's PCUS missionary service in Korea, from 1892 to 1986.
Read MoreChristmas for Korean Orphans in 1955
Joe B. Hopper describes a Christmas celebration for Korean orphans thrown by missionaries
Read MoreOral Histoy of Childhood on the Mission Field in Korea
My dad and his siblings discuss their upbringing in Korea, boarding school, furlough, and college life as MKs.
Read MoreBilly Graham Remembers Joe B. Hopper
Letter from Billy Graham on the occasion of the death of Joe B. Hopper
Read MoreJoe B. Hopper (1921–1992)
Eulogy for Joseph Barron Hopper by his brother-in-law Dr. G. Thomson Brown.
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