Dr Hattier is retired and pursuing other interests
Since retirement Dr. Hattier has continued to explore his other interests.
Family is first followed by almost anything involving history. From Karahan tepe to just post WW2 has always fascinated the good Dr.
First has been in the furthering of the Fort Miles Historic area project. For more on that please go to www.fortmiles.org.
Second has been the restoration of historic military vehicles. Dr. Hattier has always had historic motorcycles and bout 15 years ago acquired a fairly rare 1942 Dodge Weapon Carrier 55, also known as a gun motor Carriage 6.
That led to a 1942 GPW made by Ford and built in honor of SFC Donald D Hattier. It honors his time as part of the Army of occupation post war in the American Zone of Germany SFC Hattier was part of the US Constabulary at that time.
Next was a 1939 Buick Century, since every unit does need a staff car.
As time went on a 1941 BMWR71 clone was added. This was rebuilt form a 1980 Chinese made CJ750 M1m, which itself was based on the BMW. Long story.
Last year a 1944 BSA M20 was added to the stable.
In addition Dr H does work for friends in all phases of restoration.
Several years ago, Dr H was fortunate enough to be invited to assist in keeping the fleet at Wheels of Liberation in Gettysburg PA (www.wheelsof liberation.org)
Here he gets to assist in restoring and maintenance of armor from Shermans, to Cromwells, the odd Churchill and many many more.
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