Local cadet and WWII hero remembered for sacrifice

One wartime letter by Marion Hatcher included a French bank note, presumably intended for a younger sibling. “By the way I’m sending you two Francs to put in Junior’s penny bank (That’s four cents to you!),” Hatcher wrote to his parents.

University of North Georgia Cadet Marion “Shrimp” Hatcher made the ultimate sacrifice while defending the free world from Nazi aggression during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. While Hatcher’…

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