"For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete
disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the
attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December
1941. Ens. Jones organized and led a party, which was supplying
ammunition to the antiaircraft battery of the U.S.S. California after
the mechanical hoists were put out of action when he was fatally wounded
by a bomb explosion. When 2 men attempted to take him from the area
which was on fire, he refused to let them do so, saying in words to the
effect, "Leave me alone! I am done for. Get out of here before the
magazines go off."
From Ens. Jones' Medal of Honor citation, awarded in 1942.
May you be at peace,
Brian & Mel
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