Reminiscences of John Lesslie Hall, Jr. : oral history, 1963.

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Reminiscences of John Lesslie Hall, Jr. : oral history, 1963.

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William and Mary, Naval Academy, athletics; early cruises; instructor, Naval Academy; Naval War College 1937-40; North African campaign 1942-43; Commander Amphibious Forces, landings in North Africa, Sicily, Italy; invasion of Normandy, Omaha Beach, 1944; commands in Pacific, 1945; Okinawa; Commandant, Armed Forces Staff College 1948-51. Impressions of military leaders, especially Admirals Ernest King and Thomas Hart and Generals George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, and Omar Bradley.

Transcript: 338 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Naval officer; interviewee d.1978. From the description of Reminiscences of John Lesslie Hall, Jr. : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527473 John Lesslie Hall, Jr. was the son of Professor John Lesslie Hall, Sr. of the College of William and Mary and Margaret Fenwick Farland. He married Beall Daingerfield LeBourgeois. Hall was educated at the College of William and Mary and at the United States Naval Academy. ...