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Harrison Sterling Hughes Full Narrative

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Harrison Hughes was a second-generation WSC student who majored in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940, fought during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, and became a prisoner of war in 1942. He was killed by friendly

Horace Sumner Corbett, Jr. Full Narrative

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Horace Corbett Jr. grew up on an Oregon cattle ranch before enrolling at WSC from 1940-41. A fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces, Corbett was killed over southern Germany on January 6, 1944.

Don C. Hempstead Full Narrative

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Marines
Summary
The Spokane native Don Carlos Hempstead studied Electrical Engineering at WSC from 1940-41 before entering the Marine Corps Reserve. Second Lieutenant Hempstead won the Navy Cross for his leadership in the landing on Parry Island (Marshall Islands) in Fe