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Weisensel discusses family life, recreation, and childhood on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. He describes his service in the Army Air Corps during World War I; the Great Depression; his work history; and Ku Klux Klan activity in Barron, Wisconsin. He details his career selling insurance in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and also discusses his involvement in the American Legion and the Rotary Club and other fraternal and service organizations. Topics also discussed include: Creating the farm, clearing the land, pumping water, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Picking hickory nuts, dye, soaps, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—German and Catholic neighborhoods, World War I, 1914-1918, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Capitol City College of Commerce, for-profit school, coursework, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917—Capitol City College of Commerce, tuition, living expenses, odd jobs, Threshing Machine Company, banking, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917—World War I, 1914-1918, US patriotism, enlistment into the U.S. Army00:00:00—Creating the farm, clearing the land, pumping water, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s | 00:02:27—Picking hickory nuts, dye, soaps, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s | 00:04:14—German and Catholic neighborhoods, World War I, 1914-1918, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:07:29—Capitol City College of Commerce, for-profit school, coursework, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917 | 00:10:15—Capitol City College of Commerce, tuition, living expenses, odd jobs, Threshing Machine Company, banking, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917 | 00:16:18—World War I, 1914-1918, US patriotism, enlistment into the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1917 | 00:23:18—Experience in the US South, discrimination, civilian and military segregation, 1917 | 00:25:16—Spending money in the service, hobbies, sending money back home, salaries, 1917 | 00:27:58—Experience in New York, criticism of...

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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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