Haas, Allen H., 1926-

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Haas (b. 1926) was born on a farm in Roxbury, Wisconsin, and graduated from Sauk City High School in 1944. At age seventeen, he joined the Navy and served two years on the Pacific front during World War II working as a deckhand and a signalman. He is a veteran of the Battle of Okinawa, and he also served in the Philippines and Japan. After the war, Haas studied chemical engineering and business at the University of Wisconsin. He has six children and currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

From the description of Oral history interview with Allen H. Haas [sound recording], 2007. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 526673591

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Wisconsin--Madison
Pacific Ocean
Wisconsin--Roxbury
Japan--Okinawa Island
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Combat
Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)
Kamikaze airplanes
Sailors
Signals and signaling
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1926

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