Hati Introduction
Hati is the story of my father’s life and how WWII would forever change it. He lived through a very challenging time in history. Born during the boom of the 1920s, life was simple. Things rapidly take a turn for the worse in 1929. The depression grips the United States and the world. Eventually, it leads to a world war in which Hati will unwillingly become a major part. Major changes come about through innovation and the war. Life is no longer so simple. Mysteries occur, some take years to solve, and others are not solved, even today. Hati’s service with the 285th F.A.O.B. changes him dramatically. That experience dramatically affects the remainder of his lifetime. The world changed in a flash at the end of WWII. The world remains unsettled. More wars occur. The Cold war begins. So does the race to space. Medical advances help many. However, they are not able to help Hati. Many of the changes during Hati’s lifetime still affect the world today.
Some of the most notable events and people included in this book are: Early Radio; Henry Ford and the Model T; Charles Lindberg’s Flight; 1929 & 1930 World Series; Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig; The Depression; Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping; Amelia Earhart and her mysterious disappearance; FDR and the New Deal; Adolf Hitler; Nazis; The Dust Bowl, Joachim Peiper; The 1936 flood; Berlin Olympic Games; Jesse Owens; Betty Robinson; The Hindenburg Disaster; Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds”; WWII; Hitler’s Final Solution; concentration camps, Joe DiMaggio; Ted Williams; Tripartite pact; Peral Harbor; Duquesne Spy Ring; Japanese internment camps; “Chips,” the 3rd Army’s heroic dog; the Holocaust; Doolittle Raid; Battle of the Coral Sea; Operation Torch; Winston Churchill; Operation Gunnerside; Koriukivka Massacre; The All American Girls Professional League (AAGPBL); 1943 Arkansas River flood; Invasion of Sicily; General Paton; Field Marshal Montgomery; Invasion of Italy; Boves Massacre; Lake Maggiore massacre; Joseph Stalin; Moscow declarations; Cargo Summit; Tehran Conference; A German Bombing that leads to the discovery of Chemotherapy; The Battle for the Abby at Monte Cassino; Skunk Works, Smith v. Allwright, Red Skelton; D-Day; The Battle for Cher-bourg; capturing St. Lo; Port Chicago 50; assassination attempt on Hitler; Smokey Bear; Slinky; Operation Dragoon; the independence of Lebanon; Mad Gasser; Operation Market Garden; The 1944 World Series; Stan Musial; The battle of Leyte Gulf; Battle of the Bulge; Malmedy Massacre; St. Vith, and the Battle of Bastogne; Peiper’s Escape; Operation Vistula; The Battle for Zig Zag Hill; Princess Elizabeth; Battle of Manila; Operation Encore; Iwo Jima; Anne Frank; Operation Lumberjack; Operation Plunder; capture of the Remagen Bridge; Ruhr Pocket; firebombing of Tokyo; Upper Silesian Offensive; Battle of Berlin; Nazis in South America, Navajo code talkers; Arab League; battle of Okinawa; Merkers Gold & Art Discovery; Sonderkommando Elbe; President Truman, Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb, United Nations, Werner von Braun, NASA, Prague Uprising, Japanese Fu-Go balloon, General Patton warns about Russia, Battle of Okinawa; Potsdam Agreement; Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh; Nuremberg Trails; Dead Sea Scrolls, Flight 19; General Patton’s mysterious death; Missing Children in WV; Iron Curtain; Cold War; Jackie Robin-son; Negro Leagues; International Military Tribunal at Dachau; Kingdom of Jordan becomes independent; U2 Airplane, Area 51, Truman Doctrine; Marshal Plan; Ro-swell and UFOs; Exodus 1947; partitioning of India; Korean War; Creation of the State of Isreal; McCollum Vs. Board of Education; Berlin Blockade; Berlin Airlift; Arab-Israeli War; German Democratic Republic (East Germany); Monkeys in space; Brinks Bank Robbery; NATO, First Indochina war- Vietnam war; 1950 World Series; Richie Ashburn; the Rosenbergs-Sobell espionage trail; the EBR-1 nuclear power plant; polio vac-cine; Queen Elizabeth; The first color TV; Brown vs the Board of Education; Civil Rights; Elvis Presley; Taiwan; Disneyland theme park; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956-Interstate Highway System; Eisenhower Doctrine; Sputnik 1; and the Boeing 707-120, among many other historical events, inventions, and political changes during Hati’s lifetime. Many of these events still have a lasting effect on the world we live in today.
Most of this book is based on fact. Some things are based on educated guesses and speculation of what Hati most likely would have said or done. A gripping story of one man’s struggle. A struggle, only a few ever really knew.
Until 2015, when Master Sergeant Walt Cross published his book “Flash-Bang” The Unit History of the 285th Field Artillery (Observation) Battalion, I did not know the full extent of my father’s service in WWII. His time in the service forever changed our family’s life. As you read this book, you will find out why.
My father’s life, which lasted from 1923 to 1958, many historical events happened. Throughout this book, Hati is your guide for many of the major historical events of his era.
Major league baseball became the national pastime during Hati’s lifetime. Hati is a fan of the local Philadelphia teams as well as several major league stars, on other teams. Through this book, you will find references to major events in major league baseball history.
If you like history, this is a book for you. From this book, you will learn some of the details about historical events that sometimes get passed over, or forgotten. College-age students and adults studying history during this time period are encouraged to read this book. Some descriptions of the Holocaust and wartime massacres may not be suited for younger readers.
Hati is available on amazon.com just search for it by typing in Hati by Jay Stephan in Amazon's search page.
Hati is the story of my father’s life and how WWII would forever change it. He lived through a very challenging time in history. Born during the boom of the 1920s, life was simple. Things rapidly take a turn for the worse in 1929. The depression grips the United States and the world. Eventually, it leads to a world war in which Hati will unwillingly become a major part. Major changes come about through innovation and the war. Life is no longer so simple. Mysteries occur, some take years to solve, and others are not solved, even today. Hati’s service with the 285th F.A.O.B. changes him dramatically. That experience dramatically affects the remainder of his lifetime. The world changed in a flash at the end of WWII. The world remains unsettled. More wars occur. The Cold war begins. So does the race to space. Medical advances help many. However, they are not able to help Hati. Many of the changes during Hati’s lifetime still affect the world today.
Some of the most notable events and people included in this book are: Early Radio; Henry Ford and the Model T; Charles Lindberg’s Flight; 1929 & 1930 World Series; Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig; The Depression; Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping; Amelia Earhart and her mysterious disappearance; FDR and the New Deal; Adolf Hitler; Nazis; The Dust Bowl, Joachim Peiper; The 1936 flood; Berlin Olympic Games; Jesse Owens; Betty Robinson; The Hindenburg Disaster; Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds”; WWII; Hitler’s Final Solution; concentration camps, Joe DiMaggio; Ted Williams; Tripartite pact; Peral Harbor; Duquesne Spy Ring; Japanese internment camps; “Chips,” the 3rd Army’s heroic dog; the Holocaust; Doolittle Raid; Battle of the Coral Sea; Operation Torch; Winston Churchill; Operation Gunnerside; Koriukivka Massacre; The All American Girls Professional League (AAGPBL); 1943 Arkansas River flood; Invasion of Sicily; General Paton; Field Marshal Montgomery; Invasion of Italy; Boves Massacre; Lake Maggiore massacre; Joseph Stalin; Moscow declarations; Cargo Summit; Tehran Conference; A German Bombing that leads to the discovery of Chemotherapy; The Battle for the Abby at Monte Cassino; Skunk Works, Smith v. Allwright, Red Skelton; D-Day; The Battle for Cher-bourg; capturing St. Lo; Port Chicago 50; assassination attempt on Hitler; Smokey Bear; Slinky; Operation Dragoon; the independence of Lebanon; Mad Gasser; Operation Market Garden; The 1944 World Series; Stan Musial; The battle of Leyte Gulf; Battle of the Bulge; Malmedy Massacre; St. Vith, and the Battle of Bastogne; Peiper’s Escape; Operation Vistula; The Battle for Zig Zag Hill; Princess Elizabeth; Battle of Manila; Operation Encore; Iwo Jima; Anne Frank; Operation Lumberjack; Operation Plunder; capture of the Remagen Bridge; Ruhr Pocket; firebombing of Tokyo; Upper Silesian Offensive; Battle of Berlin; Nazis in South America, Navajo code talkers; Arab League; battle of Okinawa; Merkers Gold & Art Discovery; Sonderkommando Elbe; President Truman, Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb, United Nations, Werner von Braun, NASA, Prague Uprising, Japanese Fu-Go balloon, General Patton warns about Russia, Battle of Okinawa; Potsdam Agreement; Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh; Nuremberg Trails; Dead Sea Scrolls, Flight 19; General Patton’s mysterious death; Missing Children in WV; Iron Curtain; Cold War; Jackie Robin-son; Negro Leagues; International Military Tribunal at Dachau; Kingdom of Jordan becomes independent; U2 Airplane, Area 51, Truman Doctrine; Marshal Plan; Ro-swell and UFOs; Exodus 1947; partitioning of India; Korean War; Creation of the State of Isreal; McCollum Vs. Board of Education; Berlin Blockade; Berlin Airlift; Arab-Israeli War; German Democratic Republic (East Germany); Monkeys in space; Brinks Bank Robbery; NATO, First Indochina war- Vietnam war; 1950 World Series; Richie Ashburn; the Rosenbergs-Sobell espionage trail; the EBR-1 nuclear power plant; polio vac-cine; Queen Elizabeth; The first color TV; Brown vs the Board of Education; Civil Rights; Elvis Presley; Taiwan; Disneyland theme park; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956-Interstate Highway System; Eisenhower Doctrine; Sputnik 1; and the Boeing 707-120, among many other historical events, inventions, and political changes during Hati’s lifetime. Many of these events still have a lasting effect on the world we live in today.
Most of this book is based on fact. Some things are based on educated guesses and speculation of what Hati most likely would have said or done. A gripping story of one man’s struggle. A struggle, only a few ever really knew.
Until 2015, when Master Sergeant Walt Cross published his book “Flash-Bang” The Unit History of the 285th Field Artillery (Observation) Battalion, I did not know the full extent of my father’s service in WWII. His time in the service forever changed our family’s life. As you read this book, you will find out why.
My father’s life, which lasted from 1923 to 1958, many historical events happened. Throughout this book, Hati is your guide for many of the major historical events of his era.
Major league baseball became the national pastime during Hati’s lifetime. Hati is a fan of the local Philadelphia teams as well as several major league stars, on other teams. Through this book, you will find references to major events in major league baseball history.
If you like history, this is a book for you. From this book, you will learn some of the details about historical events that sometimes get passed over, or forgotten. College-age students and adults studying history during this time period are encouraged to read this book. Some descriptions of the Holocaust and wartime massacres may not be suited for younger readers.
Hati is available on amazon.com just search for it by typing in Hati by Jay Stephan in Amazon's search page.
