Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ka oge na-aga, Roper ga-abụ onyeisi ụgbọ mmiri USS Wisconsin (BB-64) n'ọnwa ndị ikpeazụ nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, na-anọchi Earl E. Stone. N'oge ahụ, o duziri ndị Wisconsin n'agha Okinawa. N'ihi ọrụ ya n'oge agha ahụ, e nyere ya ihe nrite Legion of Merit. Tupu mgbe ahụ, e nyela ya Akwụkwọ Ekele maka ọrụ ya na mpaghara South Pacific, oge ọ nyere aka ịhazi Guadalcanal na
Mgbasa Ozi Solomon Islands.