John Lesslie Hall, Jr. (April 11, 1891 - March 1978) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.
Hall was a native of Williamsburg, Virginia, and attended the College of William and Mary for three years before transferring to the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated in 1913. He starred in football for three seasons at William and Mary and four years at the Naval Academy. As a matter of fact, he excelled in three sports at the Academy and was awarded the coveted "Academy Sword" for athletic excellence.
Admiral Hall was the Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Task Force during the North African landings in 1942 and received the Distinguished Service Medal for opening ports and preventing sabotage while Commander Northwest African Sea Frontier.
In February 1943, he became Commander Amphibious Force, North African Waters (Eighth Fleet), expertly cross-training Army artillerymen and Navy gunners so that his ships' call-fire missions could be conducted in direct support of troop advances rather than at "targets of opportunity." His concept proved devastating to enemy forces and tank divisions as he led one of the major assault forces engaged in the Sicilian Occupation (9-12 July 1943) and the bitterly contested landings at Salerno (9-21 September 1943).
These bold achievements brought him two awards of the Legion of Merit. In November 1943, he took command of the 11th Amphibious Force in the United Kingdom, earning the Army's Distinguished Service Medal for his superb leadership of this amphibious Force "O" which landed and so effectively supported the Army V Corps on the Omaha beach sector off the coast of Normandy in June 1944. he received a second Navy Distinguished Service Medal for command of the Southern Attack Force (TF 55) during the Okinawa campaign. In October 1945, he became Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
He later was Commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District and Commander of the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia. From August 1951 until his retirement in May 1953, he was Commander Western Sea Frontier with additional duty as Commander Pacific Reserve Fleet.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower gave him the nickname "Viking of Assault". General George Patton, tough critic of fellow military leaders, heaped high praise on him.
Admiral Hall died in 1978 at the age of 87.
The frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG-32) was named in his honor.
Gifts of John L. Hall, Jr. (Acc. 1978.33), August 8, 1978; and Susan H. Godson (October 16, 1992, May 16, 1992, August 1, 2003, and 2007).
Processed by Derek Stepp in 1991.
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Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Mss. 90 H14 Hall Family Papers. Audiocassettes from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual 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 College, Army War College and Armed Forces Staff College as well as speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs and pamphlets. While the majority of the correspondence is with his wife and with his brother Channing M. Hall, there is correspondence with prominent individuals: Omar Bradley, Arleigh Burke, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ernest Joseph King, George C. Marshall, Chester W. Nimitz, George S. Patton, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and other high-ranking military and civilian figures.
Additions (2000.8A) to the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, as well as photographs of a Swem Library exhibit relating to the papers and memorabilia of Admiral Hall and (2007.84) research papers, memoirs, interviews, and correspondence of and with Hall by one of his biographers, Susan H. Godson, which was used by Godson for compiling "Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., and Amphibious Warfare" (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982).
Humorous certificate, "Imperium Neptuni Regis" signed by Commander J.L. Hall, Jr., U.S. Navy, dated December 13, 1934. Filed in first box of oversize.
Letter from Press Secretary James Hagerty to Lesslie Hall, dated 1955, attached to April 20, 1953 letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Lessie Hall (Box 5, Folder 5, 1953 correspondence).
Some of the items removed and placed in the Artifact Collection are: -- Large Japanese Flag -- William and Mary Medal -- World War II medals, dog tags, ribbons and more. A rolled photograph of the USS Utah has been added to the material filed in oversize, Box 4. The photograph is very brittle.
Godson, Susan H. Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., and Amphibious Warfare. University Press of America. 1982.
Virginia Calvalcade. Winter 1982.
The Reminiscences of John Lesslie Hall, Jr., Naval Historical Project, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, 1964 (carbon copy).
Incoming and outgoing papers from 1942. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Major General Charles D. Barrett, Lieutenant Commander Begouen-Demeaux, Chief of the Bureau of American Affairs, Le Vice Amiral d'Escadre F. Michelier, Contre-Amiral Missoffe, Colonel Alexander Sharp, Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Admiral E.C. Kalbfus, President of Naval War College, Admiral R.E. Ingersoll, and Major General George S. Patton, Jr.
October 1937 - October 1941. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral E.C. Kalbfus, Rear Admiral W.R. Sexton, Admiral Edward LeBreton, and Brigadiere General J. Marsten.
1943. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Brigadier General Clift Andrus, Rear Admiral Robert Lindsay Burnett, Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Lillian Agnes Edgecumbe, Harold Lees Fowler, Admiral H.K. Hewitt, Admiral Edwin James King, Admiral R.E. Ingersoll, Vice Admiral Escadre F. Michelier, Admiral J. Missott, Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Vice-Admiral Bertram Home Ramsay, Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, Lieutenant General G[eorge] S. Patton, Junior, Lord Abbot Bruno Feahrenbacker, Captain Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins, Brigadier General T.B. Larkin, Vice-Admral F[rank] H[enderson] Pegram, and Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian.
1944. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, Rear-Admiral Robert Lindsay Burnett, Captain C[lifford] Caslon, Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, Rear-Admiral Arthur N. Dowding, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Major-General Robert Edward Laycock, Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, Vice-Admiral George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey and wife Lois, Lord Astor and Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham.
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 General C.S. Ferrin, Vice-Admiral R.K. Turner, and Vice-Admiral T.S. Wilkinson.
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.
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. Struble.
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.
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, Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary, Rear-Admiral J.J. Manning and William M. Tuck (Governor of Virginia).
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, Rear-Admiral J.F. Jelley, Brigadier General W.A. Worton, Congressman Harry R. Sheppard, Brigadier General F.W. McKinney, Rear-Admiral R.A. Ofstie, Congressman Homer D. Angell, Rear-Admiral L.H. Thebaud, Rear-Admiral Charles C. Hartman, Rear-Admiral J.F. Bolger, and Rear-Admiral J.W. Reeves, Junior.
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.
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 R. Hodge, and Admiral Ben Moreell.
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.
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.
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. Bradley.
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 F.L. Parks, and Major General Franklin A. Hart.
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 Francis S. Low, Vice Admiral Harry Hill, Brigadier General Wayne Smith, Rear Admiral Hewlett Thebaud, Rear Admiral R.F. Hickey, General Omar Bradley, Brigadier General Charles Y. Banfill, Brigadier General Henry J. Reilly, Major General F.L. Parks, and Rear Admiral C.D. Glover.
January 1951 - August 1951. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General Edward H. Brooks, Rear Admiral Paul L. Mather, Major General J.M. Swing, Rear Admiral Richard F. Whitehead, Brigadier General Henry J. Reilly, Rear Admiral Thomas H. Binford, Rear Admiral O.M. Reed, Rear Admiral Arthur A. Ageton, Major General Orlando Ward, Rear Admiral John L. Roper, Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Major General Andrew D. Bruce, Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, Vice Admiral John L. McCrea, Major General R.O. Shoe, Rear Admiral P.P. Powell, Vice Admiral George D. Murray, Dr. John E. Pomfret (President of the College of William and Mary), Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, Rear Admiral R.E. Shuirmann, Rear Admiral D.E. Barbey, Major General F.L. Parks, Rear Admiral L.S. Sabin, Vice Admiral Francis S. Low, Admiral W.M. Fechteler, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Rear Admiral F.I. Entwistle, and Harry S. Truman.
September 1951-December 1951. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Major General F.L. Parks, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Rear Admiral M.L. Royer, Rear Admiral F.I. Entwistle, Vice Admiral A.D. Struble, Vice Admiral C.W. Fox, Rear Admiral P.P. Powell, Vice Admiral Arthur C. Davis, Major General C.P. Cabell, Rear Admiral M.L. Royar, Lieutenant General A.D. Bruce, Major General A.H. Noble, Major General W.W. Miley, Major General Frank L. Culin, Junior.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Herbert R. Askins (the Assistant Secretary of the Navy), M.R. Ahuja (Consul General of India), Rear Admiral C.L. Austin, Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Rear Admiral Thomas H. Binford, Danilo Brugal (Consul-General of the Dominican Republic), Rear Admiral Andrew C. Bennett, Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger, Rear Admiral H.B. Butterfield, Vice Admiral James Fife, Admiral William N. Fechteler, Rear Admiral B.J. Rodgers and Judge Alfred Dickinson Barksdale.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Brigadier General R.C. Candee, Rear Admiral Georges Cabanier, Rear Admiral J.H. Carson, Major General C.P. Cabell, Admiral Robert B. Carney, General B.W. Chidlow, Jean de Lagorde (Consul General of France), Fernando Dahmen (Consul General of Chile), Dan A. Kimball (Secretary of the Navy), Vice Admiral L.T. DuBose, Vice Admiral W.S. DeLany, and Rear Admiral A.H. Dearing.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral F.I. Entwistle, Senator Homer Ferguson, Roberts M. Firth (Consul General of New Zealand), Admiral W.M. Fechteler, and Air Commodore R.C. Gordon.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Major General C.D. Eddleman, Vice Admiral Matt Gardner, Rear Admiral E.E. Herrman, Rear Admiral T. Earle Hipp, M.A. Hussain (Consul General for India), Rear Admiral H.H. Dearing, Rear Admiral T. Earle Hipp, Abdoel Hamid (Consul General for Indonesia), Major General Leonard D. Heaton, Brigadier General F.L. Hayden, Commodore Robert S. Haggart, Major General F.A. Irving, Stewart Jamieson (Consul General for Austria), and Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and L Dan A. Kimball (Secretary of the Navy), Lieutenant General William E. Kepner, Rear Admiral H.S. Kendall, Commodore Dudley W. Knox, Vice Admiral I.N. Kiland, Major General Alfred H. Kessler, Junior, Yasusuke Katsuno (Consul General of Japan), Major General George F. Lull, Vice Admiral L.T. DuBose, Oren E. Long (Governor of Hawaii), and Vice Admiral Charles H. Lockwood.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Brigadier General W.J. Megill, Alaizio de Magalhaens (Consul General for Brazil), Major General R.B. McClure, John Mitcheson (Consul General for Great Britain), Rear Admiral Frederick Mossbrugger, Rear Admiral R.T. McElligott, Rear Admiral S.S. Murray, Rear Admiral A.M. Morgan, Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Rear Admiral H.D. Nuber, Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz, Rear Admiral Daniel W. Ryan, Paul B. Ryder (Royal Danish Consulate General), Admiral A.W. Radford, Rear Admiral J.W. Roper, Brigadier General F.S. Robillard and Rear Admiral Murrey L. Royar.
1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral Felix B. Stamp, Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, Rear Admiral M.G. Slarrow, Lieutenant General J.M. Swing, Vice Admiral Mahlen S. Tisdale, Major General Walter E. Todd, Mitsue Tanaka (Consul General of Japan), Rear Admiral E.H. von Heimburg, Brigadier General J.H. Wallace, and K.J.M. White (British Consul General).
1953. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: General John R. Hodge, Vice Admiral F[rancis] S. Low, Rear Admiral F. Moosbrugger, Commodore Charles A. Langlais, Rear Admiral Ernest W. Litch, Yasusuke Katsuno (Consul General of Japan), Stewart Jamieson (Consul General of Australia), Jaime Jerro (Consul General of India), Vice Admiral James Fife, Rear Admiral G.R. Cooper, A.D. Chandler (President of the College of William and Mary), Brigadier General R.C. Candee, Rear Admiral W.B. Creery, Lieutenant General A.D. Bruce, Rear Admiral R.J. Arnold, and H.R. Askins (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).
1953. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Major General Walter E. Todd, Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, Rear Admiral L.S. Sabin, Elmer S. Robinson (Mayor of San Francisco), Rear Admiral Paulus P. Powell, Rear Admiral H.L. Pugh, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Vice Admiral MaChiChuang, Rear Admiral R.T. McElligott, Rear Admiral F. Moosbrugger, Major General R.B. McClure, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, James C. Hagerty (Press Secretary to the President), A.D. Chandler (President of the College of William and Mary), and Congressman William S. Mailliard.
May 1953 - December 1953. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General A.D. Bruce, Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Lieutenant General General Robert L. Eichelberger, and Major General Terry Allen.
1954. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral John B. Hefferman, Rear Admiral E.H. von Heimburg, Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, and Major General Hugh J. Casey.
1954. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Rear Admiral E.H. von Heimburg.
1956. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General D.M. Schlatter, A.D. Chandler (President of the College of William and Mary), Major General R.P. Hollis, Rear Admiral Samuel E. Morrison, Congressman William M. Tuck (Virginia), and Lieutenant General Floyd L. Parks.
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.
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.
1959. Includes Miscellaneous correspondence concerning family and business.
1944-1958. Includes special letters concerning family and friends of John Lesslie Hall, Junior.
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.
1963-1966. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Galt, Junior and: Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Captain Arthur J. Benline.
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).
1970. Includes correspondence concerning both business and pleasure activities.
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.
1945-1972. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and General of the Army Omar N. Bradley.
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.
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 Admiral Laurence DuBose, Vice Admiral A.C. Davis, Vice Admiral D.B. Duncan, Major General G.H. Decker, Major General John E. Dahlquist, Rear Admiral R.O. Davis, Admiral F. Dalrymple-Hamilton, Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Admiral Louis E. Denfield, Rear Admiral C.T. Durgin, and Charles M. Dale (Governor of New Hampshire).
1930-1950. Letters of Mrs. Beall D. Hall.
Includes correspondence from the U.S.S. Wyoming, U.S.S. Asheville, and U.S.S. Augusta.
May 2, 1932-December 18, 1941. Contains letters from family.
February 20, 1942-December 31, 1942. Contains letters from family.
February 25, 1943-December 29, 1943. Contains letters from family.
February 1, 1946-December 30, 1946. Contains letters from family.
January 6, 1947-December 31, 1947. Contains letters from family.
January 6, 1948-April 27, 1948. Contains letters from family.
Material pertaining to the class of 1913, U.S. Naval Academy.
Material pertaining to the class of 1913, U.S. Naval Academy.
1937-1938. Prospectus of the Naval War College courses for Junior and Senior classes.
1937-1938. Contains operation problems I-VI (tactical and strategical) of Naval War College.
Contains 1938 Naval War College theses.
Contains information pertaining to the International Law course for Senior and Junior classes of 1938.
Contains staff presentations by John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the Naval War College.
Contains 1939 staff presentations bye John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the Naval War College.
Contains staff presentations by John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the Naval War College
Contains staff presentations by John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the Naval War College.
Contains Naval War College lectures and presentations from 1939-1940
1951. Contains National War College lectures and notes. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Lieutenant General H.R. Bull and Major General John M. Weikert.
1951. Contains Army War College lectures and notes.
1934-1936. Contains National War College boards. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: General C.L. Bolte, Rear Admiral W. McL. Hague, and General McC. Pate.
1938-1939. Contains a report on fleet problems.
Contains staff instructions for January 7, 1941; October 24, 1942; and March 1, 1941. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral O.M. Hustvedt and Rear Admiral D. McD. LeBreton.
Contains information on plans for 1942 TORCH operation. Includes correspondence between John Leslie Hall, Junior and Rear Admiral H.K. Hewitt.
Contains the June 1943 Western Task Force operation plan no. 2-43 (BIGOT-HUSKY). Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt.
Contains operation order G-43, BIGOT-HUSKY of June 1943. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt
Contains U.S. Army shoulder insignia.
Contains information on the Salerno amphibious operations for U.S. Army divisions. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt and Admiral of the Fleet A.B. Cunningham.
Contains information concerning Salerno operations, OP order K-43, operation Avalanche.
Contains information on Salerno plan, Operation [?] AVice AdmiralLANCHE, OP-plan #7-43 of the Western Task Force. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt.
Contains ComPhib Grp 12, attack order no A1202-45.
Contains information on the Beach Battalion of 1947. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral A.D. Struble, Lieutenant General A.H. Turnage, and Admiral D.C. Ramsey.
Contains information of AMPHIBS, 1947-1948. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral D.C. Ramsey, Admiral L.F. Reifsnider, Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt, Admiral L.S. Sabin, Rear Admiral A.D. Struble.
Contains information on operations for plan no. A-42, May 1951. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Major General G.S. Patton, Junior.
Contains information on plans for Olympic-Subic Bay.
Training orders of May 1951 for Subic Bay.
Contains information on training for Bunic Bay. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Brigadier General B.M. Fitch.
Contains PhibsTraPac, The Story of the Amphibious Trainee.
Contains AGC-11 Flagship, USS Elderado, 1945.
April 26, 1943 - July 1944, 1945. Contains amphibious messages. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral H.K. Hewlitt, Frank Knox (Secretary of the Navy), James Forrestal (Secretary of the Navy), Admiral J.H. D. Cunningham, Major General G.S. Patton, Junior, and Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham.
Contains a critique on the landing exercises of Amphibious Group Twelve in 1945.
May 15, 1944. Contains information on Operation OVERLOAD.
1963. Contains Admiral's House and Its Occupants, Naval History Division, Navy Department.
Contains Army-Navy joint agreement on Normandy.
Contains miscellaneous fleet information.
Contains action report on the Sicilian Campaign, Operation HUSKY, July-August 1943.
Contains information on the organization of U.S. Amphibious forces.
Contains information on operation NEPTUNE, order number BB-44.
Contains Naval Commander Western Task Force: Operation NEPTUNE, operation plan 2-44, April 21, 1944.
Contains information on amphibious training from June 18, 1942-October 29, 1943. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Brigadier General T.J. Davis, Admiral H.K. Hewitt, and Admiral E.J. King.
Contains travel orders for John Lesslie Hall, Junior from May 22, 1913-November 22, 1929. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Secretary of the Navy).
Contains travel orders for John Lesslie Hall, Junior from February 1930-November 1939. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis.
Contains travel orders for John Lesslie Hall, Junior from January 10, 1940-December 31, 1941. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral C.W. Nitmitz, Judge Advocate General W.B. Woodson, Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Rear Admiral David McDougal Le Breton, Rear Admiral John W[alter] Wilcox, Junior, Rear Admiral Alexander Sharp, Rear Admiral E[rnest] J[oseph] King, Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis, Rear Admiral John Henry Newton, Congressman M[alcolm] C. Tarver, Congressman J. Harry McGregor, and Admiral Wilson Brown.
Contains travel orders for John Lesslie Hall, Junior from January 7, 1942-December 27, 1945. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral Sherwood A. Taffinder, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Brigadier General Thomas J. Davis, Frank Knox (Secretary of the Navy), Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen, and Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Junior.
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 Hewitt, and Lieutenant General John E. Hull.
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.
Contains Ruritan Club speech and correspondence from 1948.
Contains miscellaneous speeches, articles, and quotations.
Contains Vice Admiral Hall's speech at the Presidio Officer's Club on Tuesday, April 22, 1952.
Contains Vice Admiral Hall's address before San Diego Lion's Club on December 4, 1952.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contains an address given by John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the College of William and Mary in 1949. Includes correspondence between Admiral Hall and John E. Pomfret (President of the College of William and Mary).
Contains numerous speeches delivered by John Lesslie Hall, Junior from 1948-1958.
Contains numerous speeches delivered by John Lesslie Hall, Junior from 1948-1958.
Contains extra copies of Admiral Hall's address made at the College of William and Mary's commencement on June 12, 1949.
Contains briefs on notecards of speeches given by John Lesslie Hall, Junior from 1947-1949.
Contains an address given by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior at Friant Dam Ceremonies, Friant, California on Tuesday, August 7, 1951.
Contains a speech made by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior at the Society of American Military Engineers, Presidio Officer's Club, Presidio of San Francisco on November 13, 1952.
Contains an address given by Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior before the College of Medical Evangelists at the Embassador Hotel in Los Angeles on March 9, 1953.
Contains numerous honorary memberships and citations presented to John Lesslie Hall, Junior during the years 1935-1952. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Brigadier General R. McC. Pate.
Contains information on numerous clubs associated with John Lesslie Hall, Junior in 1951. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Major General A.H. Noble.
Contains information on numerous clubs associated with John Lesslie Hall, Junior in 1952.
Contains miscellaneous information from various clubs associated with John Lesslie Hall, Junior in 1953.
Contains information concerning the Kappa Sigma Fraternity from 1963.
Contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings and cartoons.
Contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings from 1957. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller.
Contains numerous clippings, letters, and other miscellaneous materials. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral William H.P. Blandy and Karl T. Compton.
Contains numerous articles and press clippings from 1949-1951. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: R.F. Hickey (Secretary of the Navy), Brigadier General C.D. Eddleman, and Louis Johnson (Secretary of Defense).
Contains information pertaining to the 1953 annual Yorktown Day. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral J. McN. Taylor and Vice Admiral James L. Holloway
Contains information pertaining to the annual Yorktown Day, 1960 [?].
Contains several naval pamphlets from 1932-1940.
Contains several naval pamphlets from 1940-1975.
Contains miscellaneous retirement data. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Vice Admiral William M. Fechteler, Rear Admiral Roland N. Smoot, Rear Admiral Thomas Earle Hipp, and Vice Admiral James L. Holloway, Junior.
Contains information pertaining to Operation Remember on May 1, 1957-May 3, 1957.
Contains information pertaining to Operation Remember on May 1, 1957-May 3, 1957. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Rear Admiral Harry D. Felt.
Contains Now Hear This!, volume VIII, no. 4 (summer issue), 1957.
Contains information pertaining to the 1959 annual dinners for officers of the First Division. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Major General S.B. Mason.
Contains information concerning the U.S.O. in 1955. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Emil Schram (President of the U.S.O.), Carter L. Burgess (Assistant Secretary of Defense), Vice Admiral W[illiam] M. Callaghan, Luis Munoz-Martin (Governor of Puerto Rico), President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Lieutenant General J.H. Atkinson.
Contains information concerning the U.S.O. in 1956. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Emil Schram (President of the U.S.O.), Vice Admiral A. Stanton Merrill, Lieutenant General Floyd L. Parks, Rear Admiral I.N. Kiland, Admiral Felix B. Stump, Luis Munoz-Marton (Governor of Puerto Rico), and Lieutenant General J.H. Atkinson.
Contains information concerning the U.S.O in 1957. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Roberto Sanchez-Villa (Secretary of State for Puerto Rico), and Emil Schram (President of the U.S.O.).
Contains information pertaining to U.S. Naval Policy.
Contains information pertaining to Augusta Cruises from Orient to Oceania on September 24, 1934-December 22, 1934.
Contains miscellaneous papers of John Lesslie Hall, Junior from April 15, 1935-1942.
Contains congratulation letters to John Lesslie Hall, Junior on his promotion to Captain. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral E.M. Eller and Rear Admiral Frank H. Sadler.
Contains information pertaining ti U.S.S. Arkansas incident of 1940-1941.
Contains 1981 information honoring Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior.
Contains information pertaining to the biography of Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior.
Contains amphibious doctrines from December 9, 1942-November 23, 1944. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Admiral H. Kent Hewitt.
Contains a report entitled A History of the United States Naval Bases in the United Kingdom, November 1, 1944.
Contains U.S.S. Arkansas, a pictorial review from 1944.
Contains Naval Directives and the Order Form of 1944.
Contains 1945-1946 fitness reports from PHIBSPAC completed by Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior after reporting to COM14.
Contains an Officer's Qualification Record Jacket.
Contains information pertaining to miscellaneous naval matters from 1946-1948. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons.
Contains "Logistic Information for Prospective Navy Witnesses in Hearings on 'National Security Act of 1947, s. 758'"
Contains information on amphibious warfare and other confidential naval matters from 1948. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright, Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, and Admiral B.H. Ramsay.
Contains a number of new duty assignments of AFSC students.
Contains information pertaining to the Kangeter Case of March 16, 1948. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Rear Admiral O.S. Colclough and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
Contains a report on the principles of the naval staff organization, presented by the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I., 1948 [?].
Contains information pertaining to the payment of French men-of-war personnel in the U.S.
Contains information pertaining to miscellaneous naval matters in 1950-1951. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and General George C. Marshall (Secretary of Defense).
Contains "Staff Officer Responsibility and Staff Procedures," for the Armed Forces Staff College in 1951.
Contains the Commander Western Sea Frontier transfer of command inventory and audit of RPS from May 1, 1953. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Francis P. Matthews (Secretary of the Navy).
Contains fitness reports and other miscellaneous data.
Contains John Lesslie Hall, Junior's 1923 South Carolina driver's license, a propaganda advertisement, and notebooks of Admiral Hall.
Contains the personal files of John Lesslie Hall, Junior for December 6, 1941 to January 30, 1945, and August 28, 1920. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Major General Charles D. Barrett, Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks, Junior, Commander Jonas H. Ingram, and Rear Admiral T.J. Cowie.
Contains comments on Dr. Samuel Morrison's book on the operation in North African waters. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Rear Admiral John B. Heffernan.
Contains information pertaining to the Society of the Cincinnati in Richmond, Virginia. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and Rear Admiral John B. Heffernan.
Contains personal papers of Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior from 1952. Includes correspondence between Vice Admiral Hall and: Rear Admiral C.L. Austin, Rear Admiral A[rthur] H. Dearing, and President Harry S. Truman.
Contains information relating to Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior's Washington trip of July 25, 1952. Includes correspondence between Vice Admiral Hall and Rear Admiral Laurence T. DuBose and Rear Admiral E.H. von Heimburg.
Contains personal material of Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior from 1953. Includes correspondence between Vice Admiral Hall and: Vice Admiral Frank G. Fahrion, Rear Admiral Laurence T. DuBose, and Rear Admiral E.H. von Heimburg.
Contains information pertaining to commemorative events involving John Lesslie Hall, Junior during the years 1953-1974. Includes correspondence between John Lesslie Hall, Junior and: Frank Knox (Secretary of the Navy), Vice Admiral R. Fenard, and General of the Army Omar N. Bradley.
Contains information pertaining to Vice Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior's Los Angeles trip of March 9, 1953 - March 10, 1953. Includes correspondence between Vice Admiral Hall and A.D. Chandler (President of the College of William and Mary).
Contains information on the family matters of John Lesslie Hall, Junior between the years 1953-1968.
Contains official naval photographs.
Contains official naval photographs from World War II.
Contains official naval photographs.
Contains 1962 naval photographs dealing with World War II.
Contains official naval photographs.
Contains 1952 naval photographs dealing with World War II.
Contains personal scrapbooks and photographs of John Lesslie Hall, Junior. Also includes one personal tape. Artifacts include: 2 World War II Japanese Arisaka Carbines with bayonets, see (B16G #3TOANO); 2 naval officer swords, 1 samurai sword (SOSS).
Scope and Contents From original accession 78 H14: 1930 hard bound Racquet Club book "Officers, Members, Charter and By-Laws of The Racquet Club of the City of Philadelphia" with a January 26, 1933 letter to Lt. Com John L. Hall Jr. informing him that he has been elected to "Army and Navy Membership..." and receipt for $13.75 dues, Two bound notebooks , one labeled "Captain's Note Book" with notes from 1934 to 1940: 1934 schedule of Midshipmen's Summer Practice Cruise, Fuel Allowance, anchor cables, names of people (contacts) and businesses in different American and international cities and names and of men who had dinner with him on the ship, with dates, in 1940. Oral History "...interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr. for the Oral History Research Office with Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., USN (Ret) during 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia." Photocopy of a typed document with 340 pages which includes an index. Materials from Series 2 Subseries 8: Accession Unknown, addition to 78 H14, is also housed in Box 24.
Scope and Contents From original accession 78 H14: 1930 hard bound Racquet Club book "Officers, Members, Charter and By-Laws of The Racquet Club of the City of Philadelphia" with a January 26, 1933 letter to Lt. Com John L. Hall Jr. informing him that he has been elected to "Army and Navy Membership..." and receipt for $13.75 dues, Two bound notebooks , one labeled "Captain's Note Book" with notes from 1934 to 1940: 1934 schedule of Midshipmen's Summer Practice Cruise, Fuel Allowance, anchor cables, names of people (contacts) and businesses in different American and international cities and names and of men who had dinner with him on the ship, with dates, in 1940. Oral History "...interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr. for the Oral History Research Office with Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., USN (Ret) during 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia." Photocopy of a typed document with 340 pages which includes an index.
Materials found in the Artifacts Collection, separated for reasons unknown. Reintegrated to the manuscript collection in June 2015 and housed in Series 1, Box 24: A photograph and letter pertaining to John L. Hall's Investiture to the Order of the Bath, 1943-1944; Various photographs related to the Navy, certificates, and drawings; two newspaper clippings about Hall, 1944 and 1962. A larger 1942 certificate is housed with the medium oversize box, alongside the illustrations from Series 2. Materials from Series 2 addition to 78 H14, is also housed in Box 24.
Scope and Contents 1893. Illustration, 12 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing a poor young girl and boy. 1 item. Photograph (P1) (In Medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1893. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing a scene of military men at a meeting. 1 item. Photograph (P2) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1893. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing a battle scene [the French Revolution?]. 1 item. Photograph. (P3) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1893. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing a farm scene of a soldier, an old woman, and two servants, by Louis Edouard Fournier. 1 item. Photograph (P4) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1893. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing two gentlemen and a lady [at home?]. 1 item. Photograph (P5) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1893. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing four religious men in a kitchen. 1 item. Photograph (P6) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1894. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", black and white, showing three men on horses, and hounds on a chase. 1 item. Photograph (P7) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1894. Illustration, 15 1/2" x 17 3/4", color, showing three men at the seashore [recovering supplies from a sinking boat?]. 1 item. Photograph (P8) (In medium oversize file)
Scope and Contents 1913. Photographic print, 11" x 14", black and white, showing John Lesslie Hall, Junior [front row, center] and nine other members of his baseball team. 1 item. Photograph (P10)
Scope and Contents [circa 1913]. Photographic print, 3" x 6", black and white, front view of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, standing in football uniform. 1 item. Photograph (P12)
Scope and Contents [circa 1913]. Photographic print, 2 1/2" x 5 1/2", black and white, front view of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, standing in football uniform, "left tackle Navy Team". 1 item. Photograph (P12)
Scope and Contents [circa 1913]. Photographic postcard, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", black and white, showing eight men [members of a football team?], including John Lesslie Hall, Junior (far right). 1 item. Photograph (P14)
Scope and Contents Circa 1913. Photographic print, 8 1/4" x 13 1/4", black and white, showing the Navy basketball team (12 members, including John Lesslie Hall, Junior, back row, center). 1 item. Photograph (P15)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 6 1/2" x 10 1/4", black and white, portrait of "Jim" Reilly, signed "Yours for a successful Navy". 1 item. Photograph (P16)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 4 1/2" x 6 1/4", black and white, portrait of an unidentified military officer. 1 item. Photograph (P17)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 4 1/4" x 6 1/4", black and white, portrait of an unidentified military officer. 1 item. Photograph (P18)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 7 1/4" x 10 3/4", black and white, side view portrait of John Lesslie Hall, Junior's wife, Beall. 1 item. Photograph (P19)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 6 1/4" x 8 1/8", black and white, showing John Lesslie Hall, Junior and his wife, Beall, in their dining room, during the holidays. 1 item. Photograph (P20)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 6 1/4" x 8 1/8", black and white, showing [John Lesslie Hall, Junior's] "amah", in his living room. 1 item. Photograph (P21)
Scope and Contents Undated. Photographic print, 6 1/4" x 8 1/8", black and white, showing "two...servants" [of John Lesslie Hall, Junior] in the dining room, during the holidays. 1 item. Photograph (P22)
Scope and Contents [circa 1913]. Photographic print, 12" x 14", black and white, portrait of John Lesslie Hall, Junior [front row, center] and nine other members of his baseball team. 1 item. Photograph (P10)
Oversize certificate acknowledging that Hall crossed the Artic Circle, Land of the Midnight Sun.
Eight oversized illlustrations.
Processing question: these are in addition to the other eight 1893 illustrations? Or duplicate entries?
photograph of USS Utah, USS Utah crew, USS Texas, all undated. Certificate from Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, August 1948-January 1949 Certificate that John Lesslie Hall completed course of study at US Naval Academy, June 6, 1913 2 certificates from Woodrow WIlson signed by Joseph Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, August 7, 1916 and June 23, 1913.
John Lesslie Hall papers addendum. Includes notes , divided by chapter, and other material related to Susan H. Godson's biography, "Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. and Amphibious Warfare." Includes a file on Admiral John W. Wilcox, which is closed until 2018, photographs, booklets and correspondence.
Bound booklet listing the Regular and Reserve Officers of the US Navy; Hall is listed on page 21 of booklet.
Published reviews of Susan Godson's "Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. and Amphibious Warfare" from its release in 1982.
Includes prospectus outlining purpose, sources, and chapter summaries.
Godson's handwritten notes on various interviews with Hall and copy of December 10, 1944 Richmond Times-Dispatch article about Hall.
Godson's communication to and from the University Press of America concerning Viking of Assault royalties, publication, etc.
Includes a telegram announcing Eisenhower's death and letters to and from Taliaferro Boatwright, and a typed copy of "Unjust Criticism of Officers" article.
8 line maps that were printed in "Viking of Assault", including: 'Landings at French Morocco,' 'Invasion of Sicily,' and 'Normandy Landings.'
Godson's notes on related Naval history books and article on proper word choice and customs for writing naval literature.
Listing and notes on related action reports from World War II operations (ex. Salerno and Operation Avalance) and bibliographies of some related naval history books.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships article on the Ancon; biography of Rear Admiral Mead Pearson, declassified action reports of the Ancon; narrative of the invasion of Normandy by lieutenant Richard Oliphant.
Notes written by Godson to Hall about editing of manuscript in 1976.
Miscellaneous material including listings of declassified naval records, article concerning the war in Italy, Senate Congressional record, copy of USS Frederick Funston's operation reports.
Proof copies of the index, bibliography, chapter notes, and appendix.
Annotated draft of introduction and first chapter and related notes and research.
Annotated draft of second chapter with related notes and research.
Notes and research related to the invasion of Sicily.
Action reports and other research/notes relating to Salerno.
Handwritten first drafts of commentary on the sources, list of abbreviations, appendix, and bibliography.
Training: notes and research related to the training of troops for the Invasion of Normandy.
Invasion + f.f.: notes and action reports relating to the Invasion of Normandy.
Notes and research on the Battle of Okinawa.
Chapter 8 segments, epilogue draft, and notes and research concerning Operation Olympic, arrival in Tokyo Bay, and postwar activities.
Conclusion draft and related notes.
Godson's notes from oral history interviews with Hall.
Correspondence from personnel who served with or under Hall during World War II.
Notes on books dealing with strategy during World War II.
Lists of hull numbers for ships mentioned in Viking of Assault.
Copies of Hall's letters and notes on correspondence contained in the John Lesslie Hall Papers.
Draft of historiography and related research on World War II naval history.
Notes on articles concerning amphibious operations during World War II and an article, "What the Army Should Know about Naval Gunfire," by Lt. Col. R.D. Heinl.
Notes on other scholarship about amphibious warfare.
Correspondence with Arthur Benline concerning war experiences, knowledge of amphibious warfare, and time served with Hall.
Correspondence with Admiral George Dyer on editing of manuscript.
Correspondence with Taliaferro Boatwright and other retired naval personnel concerning book publication and Hall related memories.
Articles and notes on biography writing and interview techniques.
Five miscellaneous items, 1934-1938, relating to the naval career of Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Junior. A group photograph of Hall and others at the Vatican, dated July 16,1934, humorous citation from "Solemn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep," joke drawing on cardboard, drawing on cardboard of "one of Hood's Texans, Army of Northern Virginia, and a Senior Course certificate from U.S. Naval War College. Description is also on the PDF Inventory.
Six folders of material relating to the christening of the USS John Lesslie Hall, 1980-1981, including correspondence, clippings, and program. Folder List in included on the PDF Inventory.
Correspondence relating to the christening of the U.S.S. John L. Hall, 1980-1984.
Correspondence relating to the christening of the U.S.S. John L. Hall, 1980-1984.
Undated material relating to the christening of the U.S.S. John L. Hall.
Undated material relating to the christening of the U.S.S. John L. Hall.
Newspaper clippings relating to the christening of the U.S.S. John L. Hall.
Seven photographs of an exhibit in Swem Library of the papers and memorabilia of John Lesslie Hall, Junior.
Typewritten letter signed by Admiral T.B. Hayward to Susan Hall Godson and photograph of the John L. Hall. Letter and photograph originally facing each other in dark blue presentation folder decorated with a seal of the Department of Navy. The plastic folder was removed for preservation reasons.
Papers of John Lesslie Hall including correspondence, photographs, illustrations and artifacts, both business and private. Six folders. See Folder List on PDF Inventory.
Business correspondence of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1914-1917.
Bills of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1914-1916.
Bills of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1914-1916.
Receipts of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1914-1917.
Receipts of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1914-1917.
Receipts of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1914-1917.
Accounts of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1915.
Personal correspondence of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, 1915-1928 and undated.
Legal papers of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, February 15, 1918.
Scope and Contents 1913. Photographic print, 11" x 14", black and white, portrait of John Lesslie Hall, Junior, while attending U.S. Naval Academy, taken by McAboy Studios, Annapolis, Maryland. 1 item. Photograph (P11)
Obituaries of John Lesslie Hall, notes on funeral arrangements and ceremony, plus thank you notes. 2 folders.
Material from the United States Pacific Fleet, Amphibious Forces Training Command. Includes memos, orders, reports and photographs. One report entitled, "U.S. Naval Vessels Lost During War." Title on front cover, "LCT (6) 1358."
United States Flag used to drape coffin of Adm. John Lesslie Hall. Transferred to the Artifact Collection. Mss. Acc. 2008.38 Addition
Framed water color portrait of Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. in white dress uniform. Artist unknown. 14 x 10 1/4.
Gift of Channing M. Hall, Jr. and Susan Hall Godson to Muscarelle Museum. Muscarelle Museum gave to Special Collections to add to the John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers. Muscarelle object number was 1978.040.
Gift of Channing M. Hall, Jr. and Susan Hall Godson to Muscarelle Museum. Muscarelle Museum gave to Special Collections to add to the John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers. Muscarelle Object number was 1982.005.
Framed portrait of Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. in navy blue dress uniform. Artist is Robert Gebing. Pastel on blue-gray paper, 20 5/8 inches x 18inches. Some loose pastel on bottom of portrait.
Scope and Contents Undated. Carrying case, labeled "J.L. Hall", containing various drafting equipment and instruments. 1 item. (A2) Transferred to Artifact Collection.
Scope and Contents Undated. Medallion from "The Great War for Civilization", a United States medal naming the countries "France, Italy, Serbia, Japan, Montenegro, Russia, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Rumania, China". 1 item. (A1) Transferred to Artifact Collection.