A Look Back: Meet Faribault’s Burdett Haessly, Rice County

Liz Kramer introduces us to Faribault native Burdett Haessly, who graduated from West Point and served as a White House aide under Presidents Truman and Eisenhower. He also worked for the Pentagon.

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