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Serving as a cameraman for the marine corps. He captured footage of the battle of tarawa that helped marines win an Academy Award for best documentary short in 1945. The World War Ii Museum spoke with mr. Hatch for its oral history collection. This is the first of a twopart interview. Norman one day i was doing press releases and i got i went up into the head on the third floor. I am standing there. Commandantn but the in civilian clothes. He looks at me and says you are marine, arent you . I say yes, sir. He says how do you like your job . What are you going to tell the commandant . I liked it very much because i went to town and the press club, got to know the reporters, the godfrey for example. It was a big thing. I told him i liked it very much. So we got cleaned up and out the door. He said i want to tell you one more thing. He said you be good to the core, and it wi ....