The Best Mistake: 66 Years Ago, Ken Stover Boarded The Wrong Ship And Found Aloha, Part 1

A soldier in the U.S. Army, Ken Stover was 17 years old when he received orders to report to the Oakland, California Army Terminal. Common knowledge among the soldiers was that Oakland was where one went before being deployed to Eastern countries like Japan. While the island nation was about to become a much more significant part of his life, he didn’t know his destination. In this two-part series, I introduce you to my husband’s grandparents, Ken and Dora Stover, who met and fell in love because Ken got on the wrong troop ship.