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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 />
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/>
After his discharge from the Air Corps, Hathaway enrolled at the University of Nebraska in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], from which he earned a bachelor's degree. In 1950, he graduated from the UN College of Law. At the university, he met Roberta Louise "Bobby" Harley (1924–2004); they wed in 1948 and moved to Torrington in Goshen County, Wyoming, where he set up his law practice, and his wife taught [[English language]] at Torrington Junior High School. They had two daughters, Susan H. Garrett and Sandra H. D'Amico.
After his discharge from the Air Corps, Hathaway enrolled at the University of Nebraska in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], from which he earned a bachelor's degree. In 1950, he graduated from the UN College of Law. At the university, he met Roberta Louise "Bobby" Harley (1924–2004); they wed in 1948 and moved to Torrington in Goshen County, Wyoming, where he set up his law practice, and his wife taught [[English language]] at Torrington Junior High School. They had two daughters, Susan H. Garrett and Sandra H. D'Amico.