More Detail re Robert E. Jones

POSTED ON BEHALF OF ROBERT E. JONES:

Following cross-examination by experts [his wife and daughter], the following slightly greater detail has been elicited about Robert E. Jones' service:

I was drafted December 4, 1941.

My Basic Training was at Ft. Leonardwood, I think around three months in length.

I then went to Belvoir for OCS, three months.

It was on completion of OCS that I was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers, 835th Aviation Battallion, Company C.

I then went to Camp Young, in the California desert, for around six months.

We shipped overseas from Camp Stoneman, which is not far from San Francisco.

We first went to Libya, North Africa, for perhaps eighteen months, and then went to Italy and was there when the European peace treaty was signed.

After that, I was sent on my way aboard a ship with the Company's heavy equipment accompanied by two enlisted men.

While enroute to Okinawa, the Japanese peace treaty was signed, so the ship was diverted to Boston.

I was sent to Fort MacArthur In San Pedro, California for discharge.

I would love to hear from anyone with whom I served, even before assignment to the 835th. [Any of my OCS or Basic Training mates out there?]

Again, you can call my daughter at 888-752-7752 or email me c/o my wife: Click HERE.