World War II Honoree

Donald Fletcher Hall, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Kokomo, Indiana

Honored By

Sharon J. Kline

Relationship

Granddaughter

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY IN DECEMBER 1940 AND AFTER TRAINING WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PENTAGON FOR SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCE. IN 1942 HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND SENT ON A SECRET MISSION TO LONDON, WHERE HE HEADED THE NEWLY FORMED PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE BRANCH, WHICH MOVED WITH THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. HE WAS LATER NAMED AMERICAN MILITARY DIRECTOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE FOR NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY. DURING WWII, HE RECEIVED FOR HIS WARTIME SERVICES THE AMERICAN LEGION OF MERIT, WITH OAK-LEAF CLUSTER; A GOLD MEDAL AS AN OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND THE TITLE OF A KNIGHT OF THE CROWN OF ITALY ALONG WITH CAMPAIGN MEDALS AND BATTLE STARS.