Donald Hall '45, from the Lucky Bag: "After being thwarted in his efforts to become a lawyer, musician, radio technician, and National Guardsman, Don turned to the sea and journeyed the two blocks from his home to the Naval Academy. He brought a sincere desire to learn and a natural ability to box. With these assets he gained a pair of stars and a broken nose. To date, his greatest claim to fame are his drill shoes. Wine, women and song are a strong attraction for "Punchy," and, when you meet him in the Fleet, you'll know him to be the little man stepping ashore in the lead of the first liberty party."
Don was killed in action on May 4, 1945 when USS Morrison (DD 560) was sunk by a kamikaze near Okinawa; 151 of his shipmates were also lost.
