30, 1919, in Laurel Hill, La., and raised on the Rosemound Plantation by his parents, who farmed 73 acres of land but insisted that their son get an education....
He graduated from Southern University and then was drafted in 1942....
Jones grabbed his weapon and returned fire, a memory that haunted him all his life.“ I still see him, I see him every night, ” Jones told the Associated Press in a 2019 interview. Jones almost didn’t made it to the beachhead that day....
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洛杉矶时报-世界与民族
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