World War II Honoree

Willie Franklin Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

Mrs. Margaret F. Hall

Relationship

Wife

VOLUNTEERED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1941. SERVED MOST OF TIME IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA AS AN ASSISTANT CREW CHIEF; SERVICED THE 'DAISY MAE', A B-25 BOMBER. IN EARLY 1945, WAS SHIPPED OUT TO WESTOVER FIELDS, MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS PROMOTED TO CREW CHIEF. CONTINUED TO SERVICE 'DAISY MAE' THE SAME B-25 BOMBER FROM GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. WAS DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 4, 1945. JOINED THE VIRGINIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD IN NOVEMBER 1947 AND CONTINUED TO SERVE ACTIVE DUTY FOR BOTH THE KOREAN WAR AND THE BERLIN CRISIS. SERVED FOR A TOTAL OF 32 YEARS AND RETIRED AS A CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT.