| Title |
Robert W. Hatch, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, 27 September 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 542-543 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert W. Hatch, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hatch, Robert W., 1921- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-27 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England; France; Germany |
| Subject |
Hatch, Robert W., 1921- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; Fire battalions; Fire marshalls; Firefighting |
| Description |
Transcript (59 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Robert W. Hatch on September 27, 2002. From tape numbers 542 and 543 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Hatch (b. 1921) grew up in Woods Cross, Utah. He recalls family experiences sheep ranching in Utah. A railroad agent, he was deferred from military service, but he turned down the deferment. He was drafted in August 1942. He was placed in the Airs Corps, and speaks of many experiences in the Fire Battalions to which he had been assigned. He rose quickly in rank, eventually attending OCS at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia in 1943. He eventually became the Fire Marshall of the 15th Air Force in Riverside, California. He retired in 1965. Interviewed by Robert Hatch. 59 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
59 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6002472 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033622 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6002472 |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033564 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT W. HATCH 27 PT MB R 2002 RH: I was first the youngest, then the oldest after the death of my older brother. BB: What kind of line of work was your father in? What kept him here in Wood Cross? RH: My father was a rancher- Hatch Brothers' Sheep Company. BB: Sheep? RH: Yes, with his father and his uncles. BB: And where would they run at, would they be right here? RH: We had two ranches. The winter ranch was down in Skull Valley. The main ranch, the summer ranch where we did all the shearing and everything, was just outside of Evanston. In Utah, but outside of Evanston, Wyoming. The sheep were hauled back and forth summer and winter. BB: So are sheep something you have to manage all the time? Is there someone there all of the time? Since you're living in Woods Cross, how would you manage to take care of the sheep? RH: We lived here, but my father spent a lot of time up there, but we had a lot of people working for us. It was a large ranch, several thousand head of sheep. BB: Okay. So, growing up, did you work around the sheep yourself, or did you not have to get involved in that, since they hired so many? RH: Unfortunately, in the summer time I had to go up during the shearing season, between school, and work on the ranch, which I didn't relish a great deal. BB: What kind of things did you like to do? What were your interests at the time, growing up? What kind of things were there to do in Woods Cross? 2 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6002472/1033564 |
