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Hathaway was the fifth of six children born in Osceola in Polk County in east central [[Nebraska]], to Robert C. Knapp and the former Lily Koehler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHwjAQAAIAAJ&q=Lilly+(Koehler)+Knapp|title=Bits and Pieces|year=1966}}</ref> After the death of his mother when Stanley was only two years of age, he was adopted by a cousin, Velma, and her husband, Franklin Earl Hathaway. The couple homesteaded near Huntley in Goshen County in southeastern Wyoming, where he was the only graduating senior in the 1941 class at Huntley High School.<ref name=Vanderpoel>Sally Vanderpoel, "Stan Hathaway: A Biography" ISBN 0-9742860-1-X, January 2003.</ref><ref name=findagrave>Stanley Knapp Hathaway (1924-2005) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 22, 2021.</ref>

Hathaway was the fifth of six children born in Osceola in Polk County in east central [[Nebraska]], to Robert C. Knapp and the former Lily Koehler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHwjAQAAIAAJ&q=Lilly+(Koehler)+Knapp|title=Bits and Pieces|year=1966}}</ref> After the death of his mother when Stanley was only two years of age, he was adopted by a cousin, Velma, and her husband, Franklin Earl Hathaway. The couple homesteaded near Huntley in Goshen County in southeastern Wyoming, where he was the only graduating senior in the 1941 class at Huntley High School.<ref name=Vanderpoel>Sally Vanderpoel, "Stan Hathaway: A Biography" ISBN 0-9742860-1-X, January 2003.</ref><ref name=findagrave>Stanley Knapp Hathaway (1924-2005) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 22, 2021.</ref>

After enrolling briefly at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, the state's only four-year university, Hathaway enlisted in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps following the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]] on December 7, 1941, which brought the United States into [[World War II]]. Hathaway was trained as a [[radio]] operator and gunner, he flew B-17 bombers from [[England]] and flew thirty-five combat missions over [[France]] and [[Germany]].<ref name=findagrave/><ref name=WYSBJ200510>"Stanley K. Hathaway - Wyoming's Leader, Lawyer and Friend",''Journal of the Wyoming State Bar,'' October 2005 Issue. [http://www.wyomingbar.org/bar_journal/article.html?id=48 Wyoming State Bar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228001631/http://www.wyomingbar.org/bar_journal/article.html?id=48 |date=December 28, 2010}}</ref>

After enrolling briefly at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, the state's only four-year university, Hathaway enlisted in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps following the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]] on December 7, 1941, which brought the United States into [[World War II]]. Hathaway was trained as a [[radio]] operator and gunner, he flew B-17 bombers from [[England]] and flew thirty-five combat missions over [[France]] and [[Germany]].<ref name=findagrave/><ref name=WYSBJ200510>"Stanley K. Hathaway - Wyoming's Leader, Lawyer and Friend", ''Journal of the Wyoming State Bar,'' October 2005 Issue. [http://www.wyomingbar.org/bar_journal/article.html?id=48 Wyoming State Bar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228001631/http://www.wyomingbar.org/bar_journal/article.html?id=48 |date=December 28, 2010}}</ref>

On one mission under General [[Jimmy Doolittle]] over Leipzig, Germany, Hathaway's plane and crew took heavy enemy fire while attacking an oil refinery. During the Leipzig mission, a total of fifty-six aircraft and more than five hundred American troops were lost. Hathaway's unit had a 50 percent casualty rate.<ref name=Vanderpoel />

On one mission under General [[James Doolittle]] over [[Leipzig]], Germany, Hathaway's plane and crew took heavy enemy fire while attacking an oil refinery. During the Leipzig mission, a total of fifty-six aircraft and more than five hundred American troops were lost. Hathaway's unit had a 50 percent casualty rate.<ref name=Vanderpoel />

Hathaway was shot down in the fall of 1944 while on a mission to Frankfurt, Germany. They lost three engines before crash-landing in a field in France, where they were eventually rescued by the French Resistance.<ref name=Vanderpoel /> Hathaway received the French Croix de Guerre, U.S. Presidential Unit Citations, and five Air Medals.<ref name=WYSBJ200510/>

Hathaway was shot down in the fall of 1944 while on a mission to Frankfurt, Germany. They lost three engines before crash-landing in a field in France, where they were eventually rescued by the French Resistance.<ref name=Vanderpoel /> Hathaway received the French Croix de Guerre, U.S. Presidential Unit Citations, and five Air Medals.<ref name=WYSBJ200510/>