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John "Johnny" Hoffman

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Title

John "Johnny" Hoffman

Subject

Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Hoffman, John "Johnny" Lynwood (1924-2014)

Description

Portrait photograph of John "Johnny" Hoffman standing with his arms behind his back and wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.

He grew up in Fort Valley and was a veteran of both the Second World War and the Korean War.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Labelled "1943 - Strasburg" on box of plates.

Contributor

Identified as "Johnny Huffman" by Graham Conner in 2007, who remembered he delivered the NVD at the same time Graham delivered the Washington Post.
Correction to John Hoffman provided in 2026 by Gregory Hoffman, a cousin of the subject. This was confirmed by library staff.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

John Hoffman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 010788 and 010784.

Identifier

010784

Original Format

Glass Negative
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Citation

Morrison Studio, “John "Johnny" Hoffman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 22, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/36420.

Comments

George F. Hoffman

Again, the correct spelling is HOFFMAN. I noted this on one of his other pics earlier.

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