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| WALTER J HASSINGER, JR. WW II |
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Walter J Hassinger, Jr was born about 1914 in New York. His parents are Walter J Hassinger and Nellie Sheldon Philliber, both born in New York.
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Left to Right: Capt. Dale Neelly of Wichita, 43 missions; Lieut. James W. Augustine of Potwin, Kas., 20 missions; Sergt. WALTER J. HASSINGER, Hutchinson, Kas, 63 missions; Lieut Richard E. Robinson, Osawatomie, Kas., 43 missions
Walter J Hassinger, Jr. was born about 1914 in New York. He later relocated to Hutchinson, Reno Co, Kansas.
Friday Evening, May 26, 1944
ERNIE PYLE A B-26 Base in England, May 26 (By Wireless) - Sergt. Walter Hassinger is from Hutchinson, Kans. He is 29 and in a way the most remarkable man at this station. In the first place, he is a radio-gunner who has more missions under his belt than any other crew member here. And in the second place they say he has contributed more to satisfied living and general morale than anybody else. What Hassinger did was this--he spent $400 of his own money creating a little private radio station and hooking it by loud-speakers into barracks all over the place, until finally his station is heard by 1,700 men. Over this station he rebroadasts news bulletins, repeats orders and instructions that come from headquarters, plays phonograph records, and carries on a spasmodic monologue razzing the officers and just gabbing about everything from the abominable weather to the latest guy who has wrecked a jeep.
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