Hall, James Norman - War Hero

HALL

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/20/2004 at 05:09:20

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
James Norman Hall, captain, 103d Aero Squadron, Air Service. On March 26, 1918, while leading a patrol of three, he attacked a group of five enemy fighters and three enemy two-seaters, himself destroying one and forcing down two others in a fight lasting more than 20 minutes.

Residence at appointment: Colfax, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 364

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall