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Oral History Interview with William Alexander Hatcher, December 4, 2008

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Transcript of an interview with William Hatcher, a World War II Army veteran (29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force). Hatcher discusses concerning his his childhood and education; family's experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic training at Ft. Belvoir, Va.; instruction in engineering, communications, and radar repair at City College of New York and Chanute Field, Ill.; assignments to Truax Field, Wis., and Boca Raton, Fla.; meeting future wife, Jean E. Sheppard, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; transfer to B-29 unit and bases in Neb. And Kan.; deployment to Guam with 29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, March 1945; details of high-altitude radar repair work; aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Guam; descriptions of devastation of Japan, including Hiroshima; transfer to base on Tinian; return to U.S. in February 1946; wedding; return to UT-Knoxville using GI Bill benefits; work at Oak Ridge; decision to transfer to University of New Mexico for Mrs. Hatcher's health; career with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Convair Corp. of Fort Worth; …
Date: December 4, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hatcher, William Alexander, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2007 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2007

Proceedings of the 43rd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws and March 22, 2007 financial statement.
Date: 2008
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Denny Thompson to the National WASP WWII Museum, Aug. 12, 2008] (open access)

[Letter from Denny Thompson to the National WASP WWII Museum, Aug. 12, 2008]

Letter from Denny Thompson to the National WASP WWII Museum discussing his military service, interaction with WASP during his service, and donating to the WASP museum.
Date: August 12, 2008
Creator: Thompson, Denny
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History