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Domestic News
August 14, 1953
The Farmville Herald And Farmer Leader
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher, the area's first Korean War POW and a Virginia Negro serviceman, is returning home Friday seriously ill with tuberculosis, to be treated at Camp Pickett Army Hospital near his Farmville home.
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Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher
Tubercular Litter Case Coming 'Home' Today
The area's first Korean prisoner of war is coming home today a litter case seriously ill with tuberculosis.
The Camp Pickett public information office told the Herald Thursday that the Surgeon-General's office in Washington sent instructions that Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher, a litter case, ill with tuberculosis, would arrive Friday morning by hospital plane.
Hatcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hatcher, of Farmville, is to be flown from Travis Air Force Base, on the West Coast where he arrived by plane from Korea on Tuesday.
Hospital Treatment
Hatcher, who was captured in November 1950 shortly after arriving in Korea, will be treated at the U. S. Army Hospital, Camp Pickett. The Defense Department will place sick POW's in such installations nearest their homes, it has been announced from Washington.
The Negro serviceman's condition was called "serious" in a national press story given prominent nation-wide treatment and written from Travis Air Force Base when the hospital plane landed with the first U. S. POW returnees-all sick. That was the now-famous story which began "There were smiles and tears today"- as the first POW's returned. The story said all-including a Virginia Negro-were seriously ill. That one is Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher, home at last.
Tubercular Litter Case Coming 'Home' Today
The area's first Korean prisoner of war is coming home today a litter case seriously ill with tuberculosis.
The Camp Pickett public information office told the Herald Thursday that the Surgeon-General's office in Washington sent instructions that Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher, a litter case, ill with tuberculosis, would arrive Friday morning by hospital plane.
Hatcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hatcher, of Farmville, is to be flown from Travis Air Force Base, on the West Coast where he arrived by plane from Korea on Tuesday.
Hospital Treatment
Hatcher, who was captured in November 1950 shortly after arriving in Korea, will be treated at the U. S. Army Hospital, Camp Pickett. The Defense Department will place sick POW's in such installations nearest their homes, it has been announced from Washington.
The Negro serviceman's condition was called "serious" in a national press story given prominent nation-wide treatment and written from Travis Air Force Base when the hospital plane landed with the first U. S. POW returnees-all sick. That was the now-famous story which began "There were smiles and tears today"- as the first POW's returned. The story said all-including a Virginia Negro-were seriously ill. That one is Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher, home at last.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Arrival Departure
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Korean Pow
Willie Hatcher
Tuberculosis
Camp Pickett
Prisoner Return
What entities or persons were involved?
Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher
Mr. And Mrs. Ben Hatcher
Where did it happen?
Camp Pickett
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Camp Pickett
Event Date
Friday Morning
Key Persons
Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher
Mr. And Mrs. Ben Hatcher
Outcome
seriously ill with tuberculosis, litter case
Event Details
Pvt. Willie B. Hatcher, captured in November 1950 in Korea, is arriving by hospital plane from Travis Air Force Base for treatment at U. S. Army Hospital, Camp Pickett, nearest his home in Farmville.