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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	I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah.
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.
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Genre	oral histories (literary works)
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Extent	59 pages
Language	eng
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Topic	Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American
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Reference URL	https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6002472

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OCR Text	Show ROBERT W. HATCH 27 PT MB R 2002 RH: Put me in the engineers and stuck me out there [laugh] in those old building and the beautiful air base across the street I couldn't go over to. BB: So what kind of training, or what did they have you do there? RH: You know, I jumped off the truck as a private, with nothing. And they put us in some formation, off the trucks. And they said, "Who can type?" Just like that, "Who can type?" "I can type!" "What makes you think you can type?" So I explained, "Hey, I was a station agent for a long time. I can type!" They said, "Okay, go to that building over there, see Lieutenant So-and-so, you're the clerk." And that's what I was. I stayed as company clerk, and in a month they gave me two stripes. BB: Right away, or ... ? RH: A month later, if you can believe, I was a corporal. A month after that, they made me the personnel clerk and gave me another stripe. I was then a sergeant, three stripes. Then they made me a personnel sergeant major, gave me another stripe-this was in February-! was then sent to officer's training school in Virginia. BB: So, what did you do for those couple of months as a clerk? RH: Putting the companies together, doing all the reports. BB: Just for the engineers? RH: Just for the engineers. Just for the company. BB: Okay, and what were the engineers doing at that time there? RH: Building fields, learning to build fields. Communications, signals, running wires for signal cords, building bridges, learning how to do pontoons, that kind of stuff. Learning equipment, drilling, and basic training kind of stuff. BB: Okay, so, just regular engineer ... ? 10
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