Earl Franklin Hale was born in Mulberry, Crawford County, Arkansas, on December 18, 1922.
Hale began working for the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. In 1942 he was drafted into the US Army and was part of the D-Day landing at Normandy Beach. After the war, Hale worked as a security guard in California. He later returned to Arkansas, where he worked for the United States Post Office and owned a feed store in Mena. Hale moved to Texarkana to become an inspector for the Red River Army Depot from 1966 until his retirement.
Hale has completed several marathons since taking up running at the age of fifty-five.
Hale passed away on December 29, 2017.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Earl Hale; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2008
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#2: Earl Hale's Civilian Conservation Corps certificate, 1942
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#3: Earl Hale's copy of "Memories of Civilian Conservation Corps," 1940
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#4: Title page from Memories of Arkansas District Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#5: Earl Hale (top row, 3rd from right) with Group "A" of Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#6: Earl Hale's notations in Memories of Arkansas District Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#7: Earl Hale's notations in Memories of Arkansas District Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#8: Earl Hale's notations in Memories of Arkansas District Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#9: Earl Hale (2nd from right) in photo #2; Memories of Arkansas District Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#10: Earl Hale (4th from left) in photo #3; Memories of Arkansas District Civilian Conservation Corps, 1940
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#11: US Army Signal Corps Command; Back of photo reads "Classified by G2 Passed for Publication 166-0012-43-195"
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#12: General Walton H. Walker with his wife and Colonel Griffith at a performance
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#13: World War II GIs attending a performance
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#14: World War II GIs attending a performance
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#15: Issue of Sunday Punch with the headline "Burmese Campaign Ended," 8 May 1945
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#16: Earl Hale holding his copy of Saga of the XX "Ghost" Corps: Its History and Service in World War II
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#17: Saga of the XX "Ghost" Corps: Its History and Service in World War II dust jacket
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#18: Saga of the XX "Ghost" Corps: Its History and Service in World War II dust jacket
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#19: Earl Hale pointing to photo in Saga of the XX "Ghost" Corps: Its History and Service in World War II
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#20: Photo of Generals Giraud, Patton, Collier, and Walker from Saga of the XX "Ghost" Corps: Its History and Service in World War II, ca. 1945
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#21: Letter of commendation to General Walton H. Walker from General George S. Patton, 21 May 1945
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#22: "The Story of the XX Corps History"
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#23: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Earl Hale; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2008
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#24: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Earl Hale; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2008
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#25: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Earl Hale; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2008
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
