Hubert Allen Hanson was born Apr. 25, 1921 to Hans M. and Elsie M. Baldwin Hanson. He died July 1, 2008 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.
Hubert served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He was sent to New Zealand in Oct. 1942, where he saw combat duty in Guadalcanal, Gilbert Islands and Tarawa. In 1944, while he was in Hawaii on light duty due to malaria, he was an escort for President Roosevelt.
Source: ancestry.com
