|
Other Memories
29 Apr 1943 - 14 Mar 1945 - Assigned to USS Hall (DD583) - duties included Assistant 1st Lieutenant, Assistant Damage Control Officer, and Officer of the Deck (OOD) Watches; employment of the ship included training and escort duty operating in the Atlantic and Pacific
* 5 Nov - 20 Dec 1943 - Hall departed Boston, MA 11 August 1943, for shakedown training off the East Coast, then reported for duty at Norfolk, VA on 28 September. As an escort for French transport Richelieu, she sailed for Boston on 2 October, returning three days later. She continued escort duties in the Norfolk and Boston areas until departing 5 November for special duty with the destroyers Halligan and Macomb. The three destroyers rendezvoused at sea with the battleship Iowa carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries to the Teheran Conference. After a safe crossing, the escorts were relieved of their duties near Gibraltar on 17 November. They performed escort and antisubmarine search duties off western Africa until 6 December, then rejoined Iowa for the return voyage of the President and his party.
* 28 Dec 1943 - 20 Feb 1944 – USS Hall assigned to Destroyer Squadron 25, Screen of Naval Attack Force, southern half of Kwajalein Atoll
* 31 Mar 1944 - 19 May 1944 - Blockade of Marshall Islands
* 20 May 1944 - Feb 1945 - Communications Officer during campaigns in Philippines; his battle station was Officer of the Deck (OOD) during the Philippines Campaign and the commanding officer noted that “he handled the ship coolly and skillfully in evasive tactics while our force was in action.”
* 1 - 14 Mar 1945 - close fire support Iwo Jima Campaign
|
