When Jimmy Doolittle asked Hap to "put me in the game, coach," Hap was a two-star general. Hap was very pleased to hear it, because it meant that Jimmy was joining out of love for his country. Doolittle would get a massive cut in salary by doing so.

To commemorate the 119 flyers that trained with Orville and Wilbur at their flying school, a plaque was made with all the names. Hap was one of them. Very few of them were still living only ten years later.

When the Wright brothers were honored in 1940 with the Wright Memorial built at Wright-Patterson AFB, Hap was asked to be there to help make the presentation. Orville and Arnold were the best of friends until Orville's death in 1948. Here you see the perfect example of teacher and student.

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