Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with John Lesslie Hall [electronic resource], 1963Biographical NoteNaval officer; interviewee d.1978.
Scope and ContentsWilliam 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.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972
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