World War II Honoree

Robert Dudley Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Gallatin, Tennessee

Honored By

Elise Hall

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED 11-1-43, NAVAL RECRUITING STATION, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. BASIC TRAINING, U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. TRANSFERRED TO RECEIVING STATION, SOUTH ANNEX, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND ASSIGNED TO USS NEW YORK BB-34 FOR 5 MONTHS. TRANSFERRED TO RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK AND ASSIGNED TO USS EDSALL DE-129. SERVED AS SEAMAN 1ST CLASS ABOARD THE USS EDSALL DE-129 WHILE IT WAS FLAGSHIP FOR ESCORT DIVISION 59 MAKING 7 ROUND TRIPS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ESCORTING CONVOYS OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO TARANTO, ITALY; PLYMOUTH AND LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND; AND GREENOCK, SCOTLAND. ATTENDED QUARTERMASTER SCHOOL AT CASCO BAY, MAINE, MAY 1944, AND RETURNED TO THE USS EDSALL DE-129. AWARDED AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED APRIL 5, 1946 FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AFTER PLACING THE USS EDSALL DE-129 IN MOTHBALLS.