{"id":4463,"date":"2026-02-08T10:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/?page_id=4463"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:29:55","slug":"my-father-26-september-1940-october-1943","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/my-father-26-september-1940-october-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"My Father: 26 September 1940 &#8211; October 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milwaukee, Wisconsin<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>26 September 1940 - 05 April 1943: Felony Conviction &amp; Probation<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_04_03_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>31 December 1942: Auxiliary Policeman of the Milwaukee County Council of Defence<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansonletters\/Hanson_1942-12-Dec-31_001.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>05 July 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https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Mary_Ann_With_Dad_10_Oct_1943_001_cropped_1000_1628-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Mary_Ann_With_Dad_10_Oct_1943_001_cropped_1000_1628-768x1250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Mary_Ann_With_Dad_10_Oct_1943_001_cropped_1000_1628-943x1536.jpg 943w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Mary_Ann_With_Dad_10_Oct_1943_001_cropped_1000_1628.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">With daughter Mary Ann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Mary_Ann_With_Grandma_Hanson_10_Oct_1943_001_1000_586.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"586\" 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