Herbert C. Jones

Herbert C. Jones

Infobox Military Person
name=Herbert Charpiot Jones
born= Birth date|1918|1|21
died= death date and age|1941|12|7|1918|1|21
placeofbirth=Los Angeles, California
placeofdeath=KIA at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
placeofburial=


caption=Ensign Herbert Charpiot Jones
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Navy Reserve
serviceyears=1935 – 1941
rank= Ensign
commands=
unit=USS "California" (BB-44)
battles=Attack on Pearl Harbor
awards=Medal of Honor
laterwork=

Herbert Charpiot Jones (21 January 1918 – 7 December 1941) was an officer in the United States Navy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Biography

Herbert Jones was born on January 21, 1918 at Los Angeles, California and enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 14 May 1935. He was commissioned Ensign 14 November 1940 and reported to the battleship "California" (BB-44), at Pearl Harbor 2 weeks later.

On December 7, 1941, the 23-year-old Ensign was about to relieve the officer-of-the-deck on "California" when Japanese planes swooped in to attack. In the first wave, a torpedo and a bomb hit the ship. Ens. Jones dived into a smoke-filled hatchway and crawled along oil-slick decks to rescue a stricken sailor before being temporarily overcome by fumes. Reviving, Ensign Jones saw an antiaircraft battery without a leader and, staggering to his feet, took command. As a second wave of Japanese planes came in, the young officer fired his guns until all their ammunition was expended. Since the torpedo had put "California"'s ammunition hoist out of action, Ens. Jones quickly organized a party of volunteers to go below and pass the ammunition up by hand. The vitally needed shells had just begun to reach the battery when a bomb hit the ship and mortally wounded him.

Medal of Honor citation

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.

Namesake

USS "Herbert C. Jones" was named in his honor. The ship was launched 19 January 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. Joanne Ruth Jones, widow; and commissioned 21 July 1943, Lt. Comdr. Alfred W. Gardes, Jr., in command.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

References

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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-j/hc-jones.htm Herbert C. Jones, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy.]

External links

* [http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-g-l.html WWII Medal of Honor recipients: Herbert C. Jones]


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