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 April 1948 - July 1948. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: [Rear Admiral A.D.] Struble, Rear Admiral Francis P. Old, Rear Admiral R[obert] W. Hayler, Admiral S.S. Robison, Rear Admiral Richard F. Whitehead, Rear Admiral George H. Fort, M.E. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of Navy), Modesto Farolan (Consul-General for the Philippines), Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary, Lieutenant General J.E. Hull, Douglas Fairbanks, Junior, Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Lieutenant General John...

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August 1948 - December 1948.  Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General John R. Hodge, Rear Admiral E.W. Hanson, Rear Admiral Robert W. Hayler, Edward V. Rickenbacker (President of Eastern Airlines), Rear Admiral Charles C. Hartman, Rear Admiral E.C. Ewen, Rear Admiral J.W. Roper, and Admiral H. Kent Hewitt.

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Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hal, Junior and : Rear Admiral R[obert] W. Hayler, Rear Admiral T.L. Sprague, Rear Admiral J.H. Brown, Junior, Rear Admiral Jack W. Reeves, Junior, Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill, Vice Admiral W.M. Fechteler, Vice Admiral F.E.M. Whiting, Rear Admiral Thomas H. Binford, Harry S. Truman, Vice-Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, and Brigadier General C.D. Eddleman.

Scope and Contents July 1949 - December 1949. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral Alan E. Smith, Dr. John E. Pomfret (President of the College of William and Mary), Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright, Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, Major General A.H. Noble, Rear Admiral J.J. McGlynn, Rear Admiral A.D. Struble, Brigadier General Clyde D. Eddleman, Vice Admiral W.M. Fechteler, Rear Admiral T.B. Hill, Lieutenant General J.E. Hull, Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, and General Omar N....

Scope and Contents January 1950 - June 1950. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral P.K. Fischler, Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Francis P. Mathews (Secretary of the Navy), Vice Admiral H.D. Struble, Rear Admiral Francis S. Low, Admiral R.K. Turner, Rear Admiral F.D. Kirtland, Brigadier General C.D. Eddleman, Admiral J.W. Roper, Vice Admiral John L. McCrea, Rear Admiral W.K. Harrill, Lieutenant General J.E. Hull, Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Rear Admiral John P.B. Barrett, Major General...

Scope and Contents July 1950 - December 1950. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright, Rear Admiral Francis P. Old, Brigadier General C.D. Eddleman, Major General Franklin A. Hart, Rear Admiral W.D. Baker, Rear Admiral Bert J. Rodgers, Major General Bryant E. Moore, Rear Admiral C.E. Olsen, Dr. John E. Pomfret (President of the College of William and Mary), Major General J.M. Swing, Rear Admiral S.W. Sallisbury, Vice Admiral L.D. McCormick, Vice Admiral...