World War II Honoree

Earl Wayne Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944 AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. APPLIED FOR AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE NAVAL OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. ASSIGNED INITIALLY TO THE NAVY V-12 COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM UNIT AT LOUISIANA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AT RUSTON, LOUISIANA. LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE V-12 UNIT AT DUKE UNIVERSITY AT DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. RECEIVED A DIRECT APPOINTMENT AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. ARMY AFTER THE WAR AND WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY. RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY RESERVE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL.