"27th Governor of Wyoming" Stanley Hathaway Signed 8X10 Photo For Sale
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"27th Governor of Wyoming" Stanley Hathaway Signed 8X10 Photo:
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Up for sale the "27th Governor of Wyoming" Stanley Hathaway Signed 8X10 B&W Photo.
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Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July
19, 1924 – October 4, 2005) served as 27th Governor of Wyoming from January 2,
1967 to January 6, 1975, and as United States Secretary of the
Interior under President Gerald Ford
from June to October, 1975. Stanley
K. Hathaway, or "Stan" as he was known to most of his friends and
associates, was born on July 19, 1924, in Osceola,
Nebraska, the fifth of six children born to Robert and Lily Knapp.
Following his mother's death when he was two years old, he was adopted by a
cousin, Velma, and her husband Franklin Earl Hathaway. The couple homesteaded
and farmed near Huntley, Wyoming. Young Hathaway received his
early education near there in one-room country schools at Table Mountain and at
New Fairview, and then attended Huntley High School, where he graduated as
class valedictorian in 1941.After enrolling briefly at the University of Wyoming, Hathaway left
school in early 1942 to enlist in the Army Air Corps following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, and was trained
as a radio operator and gunner. He was assigned to the Eighth Air Force's 401st Bomb Group, flying B-17 Bombers from England, and took part
in 35 combat missions over France and Germany, with his unit often suffering
heavy casualties. On one mission under General Jimmy
Doolittle over Leipzig, Hathaway's plane and crew took heavy enemy fire while
making a series of three runs at their target, an oil refinery. After managing
to return to base, the crew counted 115 holes in their B-17 from Nazi
fighter-plane rounds and anti-aircraft flak. During their entire Leipzig
mission under General Doolittle, a total of 56 American planes and more than
500 American troops were lost, and, overall, Hathaway's unit suffered a 50%
casualty rate during World War II. In the fall of 1944, his crew was on a mission
to Frankfurt, Germany, when their plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
They lost three engines before crash-landing in a field in France, where they
were eventually rescued by the French Resistance. For his service during the
War, Hathaway was the recipient of the French Croix de Guerre,
U.S. Presidential Unit Citations, and five Air Medals.After his discharge from
the Air Corps, Hathaway enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where he earned a
bachelor's degree. He graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
College of Law in 1950. While there, he met Roberta
"Bobby" Harley, and they were married on November 25, 1948. Following
his graduation from law school, the Hathaways moved to Torrington, Wyoming, where Mrs. Hathaway taught
mainly English at Torrington Junior High School while Hathaway established a
law practice. They had two daughters, Susan and Sandra.
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