Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Jones, who graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, joined the Army in 1943. He served with the 494th Port Battalion leading up and after D-Day. He was a warrant officer tasked in a unit responsible for unloading equipment and supplies onto Omaha Beach.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Warrent Officer

Unit:

494th Port Battalion, U.S. Army

Awarded on:

2021

Awarded for:

Operation Overlord

For shrapnel wounds to the neck during the invasion in Normandy.

Presented during a ceremony in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, on June 18.

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