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Oral history interview with John Lesslie Hall [electronic resource], 1963

Creator: Hall, John Lesslie, 1891-1978
Project: Naval history project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript: 338 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Naval officer; interviewee d.1978.

Scope and Contents

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.

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Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972

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