Dooly County GaArchives Military Records.....HALL, M SGT E.H. August 14, 1945
WWII U.S ARMY
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M SGT E.H. HALL RECEIVES HIGH MILITAY HONOR
 MASTER SARGEANT EUGENE H. HALL, SON OF MRS SALLIE MAE JOHNSON OF VIENNA,GA.,AND THE
LATE MR A.T. HALL OF ZION HILL COMMUNITY,CORDELE,GA. HAS RECEIVED THE ORDER FOR THE
LEGION OF MERIT FOR ''EXCEPTIONALLY MERITOUROUS CONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
OUTSTANDING SERVICES IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA.''THE AWARD BYGENERAL DOUGLAS A
McARTHUR, COMMANDING GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE FAR EAST IS THE HIGHEST
MILITARY HONOR.
 MASTER SGT HALL,ASSISTANT TECHNICAL INSPECTOR FOR THE FIFTH AIR FORCE SERVICE
COMMAND IN NEW GUINEA,HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED A WRIST WATCH BY GENERAL GEORGE C KENNEY
,COMMANDING GENERAL,ALLIED AIR FORCES IN THE FAR EAST .FOR HIS ABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE
OF AIRCRAFT.. DEMONSTRATED BY THE PERSISTENT EFFICENCY OF MINE CHIEFS. THROUGH HIS
UNTIRING EFFORTS AND VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS MANY OF OUR AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN KEPT IN
COMMISSION.
 BESIDES THESE SIGNAL HONORS. MASTER SARGEANT HALL IS ENTITLED TO WEAR THE GOOD
CONDUCR MEDAL, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AND THE
ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTH
SOLOMON, PAPUAN AND NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN.HE ALSO WEARS A PRESIDENTAL UNIT CITATION
RIBBON WHICH HIS ORGANIZATION RECEIVED FOR THEIR PART IN THE BATTLE FOR NEW GUINEA.
 A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS '' JOLLY ROGER'' GROUP WHOSE AIRCRAFT BEAR THE SKULL
AND CROSS-BONES INSIGNIA, MASTER SGT HALL WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION UPON
ITS ARRIVAL IN NEW GUINEA.
 ENLISTING IN JAN. 1929 HE SERVED TWO YEARS IN HAWAII,UPON HIS RETURN TO THE U.S. IN
APRIL 1931,HE WAS ASSIGNED TO MAXWELL FIELD,ALA..WHERE HE SERVED 11 YEARS. IN
1934,HE MARRIED A MONTGOMERY GIRL, MISS DOROTHY DAYE OF 111 HIGHLAND AVE.
 IN SEPTEMBER ,1942,HE WAS AGAIN ASSIGNED TO OVERSEAS DUTYIN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
THEATRE OF OPRATIONS. MASTER SGT HALL HAS ONE BROTHER,CASTER SGT MOBLEY L HALL IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. THEY HAVE THREE SISTERS AND THREE
BROTHERS WHO NOW RESIDE IN JACKSONVILLE,FLA.
 M SGT HALL MAKES HIS HOME ,WHEN IN THE STATES WITH HIS SISTER;MRS V.P. SMITH 1113
EAST 8TH ST,JACKSONVILLE,FLA.

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