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...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 1945. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Vice-Admiral R.K. Turner, Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks, Junior, James Forrestal, Rear-Admiral G.H. Fort, Major General John K. Hodge, Brigadier General Donald J. Myersm Admiral C.W. Nimitz, Brigadier General P.E. Peabody, Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, General George Catlett Marshall, Vice-Admiral D.E. Barbey, Rear-Admiral Beckey, Rear-Admiral William M. Fechteler, Brigadier...

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January 1946 - April 1946. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral R.K. Turner, Vice-Admiral Richard L. Conolly, Rear Admiral G.H. Fort, Rear-Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Noble, Admiral D.C. Ramsey, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Vice-Admiral Harry W. Hill, Rear-Admiral Bert J. Rodgers, Rear-Admiral Allen E. Smith, Admiral R.K. Turner, and Rear-Admiral C.H. Wright.

Scope and Contents August 1946. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Congressman George J. Bates, Brigadier General Wayne C. Smith, Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Rear-Admiral G.H. Fort, Rear-Admiral Bert J. Rodgers, Rear-Admiral Jack W. Reeves, Junior, Lieutenant General J.E. Hall, Brigadier General John G. Williams, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Brigadier General John. G. Williams, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Brigadier General R.E. Blount, Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, and Rear-Admiral A.D....

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September 1946 - December 1946. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral H.K. Hewitt, James Foresstal, Rear-Admiral J.W. Reeves, Brigadier General Roy E. Blount, Rear-Admiral M.S. Tisdale, Rear-Admiral H.E. Overesch, Rear-Admiral D.B. Beary, Rear-Admiral Francis S. Low, W. John Kenney (Assistant Secretary of the Navy), Vice Admiral Sir Robert Lindsay Burnett, Vice Admiral W.W. Smith, Vice-Admiral Louis Denfeld, and Rear-Admiral J.L. Holloway, Junior.

Scope and Contents January 1947 - June 1947. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear-Admiral W.A. Buck, Rear-Admiral Felix Johnson, Vice-Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Rear-Admiral Paul Hendren, Rear-Admiral A.D. Struble, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Rear-Admiral J.W. Reeves, Rear-Admiral Earl E. Stone, Modesto Farolan (Consul General for the Republic of the Philippines), Harold Sanders, Admiral W.W. Smith, Rear-Admiral R.A. Von Heimburg, Admiral R.E. Turner, Vice-Admiral L.D. McCormick,...

Scope and Contents July 1947 - December 1947. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear-Admiral A.D. Struble, Rear-Admiral J.J. Manning, Rear-Admiral Felix Johnson, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Hubert A. Elliott, Rear-Admiral F.J. Lowry, Modesto Farolan (Consul-General for the Philippines), Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., Brigadier General Wayne C. Smith, Rear-Admiral C.H. Pownall (Governor of Guam), John W. Gibson (Assistant Secretary of Labor), Rear-Admiral H.E. Overesch,...

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January 1948 - March 1948. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General J.E. Hull, Rear-Admiral F[rancis] S. Low, Admiral Ben Moreell, M.E. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the Navy), Rear-Admiral William R. Furlong, Rear-Admiral J.E. Whelchel, Dr. John E. Pomfret (President of the College of William and Mary), Rear-Admiral C.A. Swenson, Rear-Admiral R.W. Hayler and Rear-Admiral T.L. Sprague.