Coast Guard Officer Receives Legion of Merit. Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Coast Guard commandant, awards the Legion of Merit medal to Coast Guard Capt. Rae B. Hall for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services" as Captain of the Port in Norfolk, Va., from March of 1942 to November of 1943. His "brilliant initiative" was credited with expediting the organization of a port security force to protect the busy Virginia port. Captain Hall is a 1913 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, has since served aboard 18 different Coast Guard vessels. A former resident
Coast Guard Officer Receives Legion of Merit. Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Coast Guard commandant, awards the Legion of Merit medal to Coast Guard Capt. Rae B. Hall for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services" as Captain of the Port in Norfolk, Va., from March of 1942 to November of 1943. His "brilliant initiative" was credited with expediting the organization of a port security force to protect the busy Virginia port. Captain Hall is a 1913 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, has since served aboard 18 different Coast Guard vessels. A former resident of Demarest, N. J., he presently lives at 1027 Cambridge Crescent, Norfolk, Va.
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