Wilford F. Hall, the man after which the Air Force's flagship hospital would be named entered this world on Aug 12, 1904 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Born to a family of military physicians his life's course seemed already set from the beginning. His father, Dr. Andy Hall was Army Medical Corps surgeon during the Spanish-American War and in the Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1900. His brothers Marshall and Andy Jr., followed their father into medicine, and in 1922, young Wilford began pre-medicine studies at the University of Illinois. He graduated from Washington University School of Medici
Wilford F. Hall, the man after which the Air Force's flagship hospital would be named entered this world on Aug 12, 1904 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Born to a family of military physicians his life's course seemed already set from the beginning. His father, Dr. Andy Hall was Army Medical Corps surgeon during the Spanish-American War and in the Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1900. His brothers Marshall and Andy Jr., followed their father into medicine, and in 1922, young Wilford began pre-medicine studies at the University of Illinois. He graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1928 and was given a commission in the Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant. Wilford Hall archive 020 WilfordHall by MilitaryHealth
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