Hassett, Paul. Papers, 1945-1997 (selections)
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- 1945
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Paul Hassett, a newspaper editor and executive secretary to Wis. governor Warren Knowles (1965-1970), served as a navigator on military transport planes in Burma, China, and India during 1945. In these letters Paul writes from Burma and China and describes the combat hours system, mentions a meeting in Calcutta of 1,000 Wisconsin army men and women, being rationed a 2-ounce shot of whiskey upon returning from each combat flight, censoring mail, taking tablets to prevent malaria, and "rest leave." Additional documents (described here) exist in paper form in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. These documents are made available online through a partnership between the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television. These documents are made available online through a partnership between the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television.
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Hassett, Paul
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
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Wisconsin Public Television - Subjects
- Leisure activities
Medicine
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Military operations
Soldiers
Airplane, Military - Location
- Wisconsin
Burma; China; - Type
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- Language
- English
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- Hassett, Paul. Hassett, Paul. Papers, 1945-1997 (selections). 1945. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/64326. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Hassett, Paul, (1945) Hassett, Paul. Papers, 1945-1997 (selections). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/64326
- MLA citation style
- Hassett, Paul. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/64326>.