| 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 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033589 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT W. HAT H 27 PT MB R 2002 one of those. I got to the site. It was still smoking with a big hole in th gr und and t n guys have disappeared. And I'm standing there looking at these medical people wh ar starting to do their thing. I'm standing there looking, and here comes a crewman carrying his parachute out of the fog. I said, "Wait a minute!" He says, "How about a ride to the base? Back to the base?" I said, "You've got to be kidding me. How did you get out of this?" He says, "We crash-landed fifty yards further to the south." He was pointing over to the area. And he said, "We never exploded, we crash-landed in the field two-hundred yards away." We didn't even know. And they all got out, they were walking around. Later I saw the rest of them, but he was the first one in. He said, "I saw the smoke and everything, I came over here to see if I could get a ride back to the base." I never got over that. BB: Did you ever find out what caused the planes to-? RH: They'd just lose power for one reason or another. BB: And they'd just hit down ... ? RH: And they're all loaded, full of fuel, full of bombs, five-hundred pounders. BB: How long were you there? Until the end of the war? RH: I was there until the war ended. BB: So, the entire year then, basically. RH: Yes. BB: How often did that happen? Uncountable, or was it ... ? RH: Well it happened that particular time, I think. I can think off-hand of five or six. Others were further off the base, in the jurisdiction of another base, and they would go 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6002472/1033589 |
