World War II Honoree

Jess G. Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Bovill, Idaho

Honored By

Mr. Robert Mann

Relationship

Nephew

WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL MAJOR BATTLES. HE JOINED THE MARINES IN JANUARY 1943. 1ST MARINE DIVISION, K COMPANY, 1ST REGIMENT. HIS FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY WAS ON NEW BRITAIN. HE THEN WENT INTO BATTLE WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF MARINES TO HIT PELELIU. ON PELELIU HE EARNED HIS FIRST SILVER STAR FOR BRAVERY BY TAKING OUT A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN NEST, THEREBY SAVING HIS PLATOON. FROM PELELIU HE FOUGHT ON OKINAWA WHERE HE EARNED HIS SECOND SILVER STAR FOR CONTINUING TO FIGHT AFTER HE WAS BADLY WOUNDED AND LEADING HIS SQUAD. NOMINATED FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. HE EARNED TWO SILVER STARS, A PURPLE HEART AND TWO PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS FOR HIS ACTIONS. BADLY WOUNDED ON OKINAWA AND WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE U.S. WHERE HE RECOVERED. DISCHARGED IN THE SPRING OF 1945.