Selden R. Hanson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Selden R. Hanson served in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Forces in the Aleutian Islands. He was honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant in 1945.

Mr. Selden then joined the U.S. Army Reserves. He worked as a federal employee as an Air Force liaison with Lockheed Aircraft.

He retired as a Colonel after 35 years of service.

He was born in Hillsdale, Wisconsin, on September 7, 1918, the son of Clinton and Maude Hanson.

Mr. Hanson died at age 89 on June 12, 2008, in Duluth, Minnesota.

Source: Duluth News Tribune, June 15, 2008; unidentified newspaper, June 14, 2008

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