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 Contains travel and other miscellaneous orders for John Lesslie Hall, Junior from January 18, 1946 - December 30, 1949. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: John L. Sullivan (Secretary of the Navy), President Harry S. Truman, Adjustant General N.F. McCurdey, Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, James Forrestal (Secretary of the Navy), Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey, Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Admiral Louis Denfield, Congressman W. Sterling Cole, Vice Admiral H. Kent...

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Contains travel and other miscellaneous orders for John Lesslie Hall, Junior from 1951-1953. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral William M. Fechteler and Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Junior.

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Contains Ruritan Club speech and correspondence from 1948.

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Contains miscellaneous speeches, articles, and quotations.

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Contains Vice Admiral Hall's speech at the Presidio Officer's Club on Tuesday, April 22, 1952.

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Contains Vice Admiral Hall's address before San Diego Lion's Club on December 4, 1952.

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Contains and address given by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the West Coast Research Reserve Seminar, Rawlings Theatre, San Francisco Naval Shipyard 1400, August 25, 1952.

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Contains an address given by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior at Supply Corps School Branch, Oakland, California for the graduating ceremonies of September 19, 1952.

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Contains a welcoming address given by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior before reserve officers of the Medical Department attending a course in Special Weapons, Isotopes, and Military Medicine, March 2, 1953.

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Scope and Contents Contains an address given by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior before the Army, Navy, and Air Force at the Training Area theatre of the U.S. Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. The speech was entitled "The Role of the Navy in Future Global Warfare" and was given on June 11, 1952.