The Fighting Hinmans

"The Fighting Hinmans," a Dartmouth family of two generations and widely separated by the fortunes of war, present a completely united front in the winning of it. Three brothers, Colonel Burritt H. Hinman 'O4 (J.A.G. Department, AUS, Maxwell Field), John H. Hinman 'OB, and Hazen B. Hinman '14 have between them, seven sons in the Service. Burritt H. Jr. '41 is a sergeant in the Marine Corps. The four sons of John H. Hinman 'OB are in varied services: Howard Drew '35, a waist gunner on a Fortress, was shot down over Denmark last August, while returning from a bombing mission over Germany. He successfully bailed out but was taken prisoner by the Germans. His brother Edward B. '35 is a second lieutenant AUS in the Pacific area: Crawford '37 is a lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, and Richard '45, the youngest, is in USAAC pilot-training at Maxfield Field. Hazen B. Jr. '42 has served a year in the American Field Service, driving an ambulance with the British Eighth Army from Alamein to Tunisia. His brother Buol '46 is a Pfc in an Engineer Combat Battalion in Africa.

Three brothers and seven first cousins, Dartmouth 'O4 to '46, have contributed their full share in achieving the title, "The Fighting Hinmans." A fourth brother, Harold P. Hinman '10, is up to his neck in war production of a mysterious sort.