Hans Nielsen
(1902 - 1957)
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Pfc Hans Nielsen was one of the more than 30,000 Danish-Americans who were mobilized during the Second World War. He served in the Army Air Force.
Hans Nielsen was born on 1 June 1902 in Copenhagen. He was the son of Nicoline Hansen.[1] Nielsen emigrated to the United States in 1923 arriving in New York on 9 October 1923 on-board the SS United States.[2]
Nielsen enlisted in the U.S. Army on 29 September 1942 in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.[3] He was naturalised in March 1943, while attending 767th Technical School at Buckley Field, Colorado.[4] Buckley Field was part of the Army Air Force Technical Training Command and a training facility for fighter armament.[5]
Endnotes
[1] DNA: Parish register, Kristkirken Sogn.
[2] Ancestry: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
[3] Ancestry: U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
[4] Ancestry: Colorado, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1868-1990.
[5] Buckley Field in World War II (part II), https://www.buckley.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1251425/buckley-field-in-world-war-ii-part-ii/ (accessed on 10 April 2020).