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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1957. Includes correpondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Joseph S. Farland (U.S. Ambassador, Dominican Republic), Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles (Secretary of State), Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, and Admiral Arleigh Burke.

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1958. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Brigadier General William A. Stevens, Governor Albert Benjamin Chandler of Kentucky, Rear Admiral J.A. Birggs, and Rear Admiral R.H. Gibbs.

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1959. Includes Miscellaneous correspondence concerning family and business.

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1944-1958. Includes special letters concerning family and friends of John Lesslie Hall, Junior.

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1960-1962. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Rear Admiral H. Nelson Lay, President John F. Kennedy, and Captain Arthur J. Benline.

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1963-1966. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Galt, Junior and: Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Captain Arthur J. Benline.

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1967-1969. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General Clarence R. Huebner, Captain Arthur J. Benline, Admiral Frank George Fahrion, Lieutenant General Willis D. Crittenberger, General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, and Joseph S. Farland (American Ambassador to Pakistan).

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1970. Includes correspondence concerning both business and pleasure activities.

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1971-1973. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Captain Arthur J. Benline, Major General J.F. Kirkendall, Lieutenant General Clovis E. Byers, Rear Admiral Max F. Leslie, Vice Admiral David H. Bagley, and Chief Judge George L. Hart, Junior.

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1945-1972. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and General of the Army Omar N. Bradley.

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Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Jack Mitchison [?] (British Consulate-General), General Clyde Davis Eddleman, Rear Admiral F.J. Lowry, Rear Admiral Paulus P. Powell, and Brigadier General William Stevenson.

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence removed from photographs between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral Robert B. Carney, Vice Admiral R.L. Conolly, Brigadier General Robert O. Shoe, Francis P. Matthews (Secretary of the Navy), Congressman W. Sterling Cole, Rear Admiral D.H. Clark, R.D. Cooke (Mayor of Norfolk), Rear Admiral O.S. Colclough, Rear Admiral E.W. Hansen, Senator Dennis Chavez, General Mark W. Clark, Rear Admiral Ralph Christie, Commodore E.A. Coffin, Commodore Milton O. Carlson, Vice...