Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1937-1973, of Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. of Williamsburg and Alexandria, Virginia, and while stationed at Pearl Harbor, San Francisco and Norfolk, Virginia. The papers are both personal and professional. The collection contains material concerning World War II Operations TORCH (North Africa), BIGOT-HUSKY, AVALANCHE (Salerno), NEPTUNE-OVERLORD, and as well as the Army-Navy joint agreement on Normandy. Also includes material pertaining to his work with the USO, the Naval War...

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Godson, Susan H. Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., and Amphibious Warfare. University Press of America. 1982.

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Virginia Calvalcade. Winter 1982.

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The Reminiscences of John Lesslie Hall, Jr., Naval Historical Project, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, 1964 (carbon copy).

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Incoming and outgoing papers from 1942.  Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Major General Charles D. Barrett, Lieutenant Commander Begouen-Demeaux, Chief of the Bureau of American Affairs, Le Vice Amiral d'Escadre F. Michelier, Contre-Amiral Missoffe, Colonel Alexander Sharp, Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Admiral E.C. Kalbfus, President of Naval War College, Admiral R.E. Ingersoll, and Major General George S. Patton, Jr.

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October 1937 - October 1941. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral E.C. Kalbfus, Rear Admiral W.R. Sexton, Admiral Edward LeBreton, and Brigadiere General J. Marsten.

Scope and Contents 1943. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Brigadier General Clift Andrus, Rear Admiral Robert Lindsay Burnett, Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Lillian Agnes Edgecumbe, Harold Lees Fowler, Admiral H.K. Hewitt, Admiral Edwin James King, Admiral R.E. Ingersoll, Vice Admiral Escadre F. Michelier, Admiral J. Missott, Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Vice-Admiral Bertram Home Ramsay, Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, Lieutenant General G[eorge] S. Patton, Junior, Lord Abbot...

Scope and Contents 1944.  Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, Rear-Admiral Robert Lindsay Burnett, Captain C[lifford] Caslon, Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, Rear-Admiral Arthur N. Dowding, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Major-General Robert Edward Laycock, Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, Vice-Admiral George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey and wife Lois, Lord Astor and Admiral Sir Ralph...