Kammala wannan magana: Hopkins ya yi aiki a cikin Navy a yakin duniya na biyu, a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Pacific. Ya kasance a kan wani mai hallaka a Tokyo Bay lokacin da
Kasar Japan ta mika wuya. Bayan yakin ya yi amfani da G.I. Bill don nazarin ilimin dabbobi a Jami'ar Georgia, daga bisani ya sami digiri na biyu a 1951.