Joe Hale W W I I Iwo Jima and Disney Animator

[caappy]

Joe Hale was a young man in 1942. Pearl Harbor had been attacked. So Hale, and his buddy Dan Ewald, enlisted in the Marines. As a marine, Hale was part of the amphibious assault in February 1945, and fought on Iwo Jima for six weeks. He was an artillery forward observer. He served till the end of the war.. Later he worked for Disney.

Hale joined Disney company’s animator training program in 1951. That was the beginning of a storied career that would span four decades and witness the first golden age of Disney animation. Hale himself worked with Walt Disney on more than 100 projects as an animator and cartoon layout artist for the production company. He worked for ten years on Wonderful World of Color, a Disney television series in the 1960’s. He also made important contributions to such classics as Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, and Pete’s Dragon. He was part of Disney’s production, It’s Tough to Be a Bird, and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, both of which won an Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject. He also received an Academy Award nomination in 1979 for Best Animated Visual Effects for his efforts on The Black Hole. Hale was named the producer for Disney’s 25th full -length animated feature, The Black Cauldron, in 1980. He rewrote the script at that time and was in charge of all aspects of the production of the film. The Black Cauldron was released in 1985 and he retired from Disney the following year.

Sent him 2 photos on 9 Mar and got them back signed on 21 Mar

Mr Joe Hale
9600 Via Cielo
Atascadero, CA 93422

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