Paul J. Halloran

Paul James Halloran (26 June 1896 – 14 February 1971) was a United States Navy admiral. During World War II he was the construction officer with the V Amphibious Corps in the Battle of Saipan and Battle of Tinian during the Mariana Islands campaign. He designed a vehicle called a "Doodlebug" that allowed the marines to scale low cliffs. After the battle he was in charge of the development of air bases on Tinian. Early life and career Paul James Halloran was born in Norwood, Massachusetts, on 26 June 1896. His primary education was in New York schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1919, and from its Thayer School of Engineering with a Master of Science degree the following year. In 1921 he joined the United States Navy's Civil Engineer Corps as a Lieutenant (junior grade).

As a civil engineer, Halloran worked as a draftsman for Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company; as a design engineer for Dwight P. Robinson; and as assistant chief designer for the Standard Oil Company of New York. As a naval reservist, he served as public works officer at Parris Island, South Carolina and Quantico, Virginia. He was contract superintendent at Naval Station Great Lakes and the Norfolk Navy Yard, and project superintendent at the Charleston Navy Yard and the New York Navy Yard. In 1944, he received the American Concrete Institute's Wason Medal for a paper on underwater concrete. From June 1943 to June 1944, he was responsible for closing out all the Navy's cost plus fixed-fee contracts with the Bureau of Yards and Docks. For his services, Halloran was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Halloran died at his home in Yorktown Heights, New York, on 14 February 1971.