William K. Jones Oral History Interview, May 25, 1976; July 14, 1976; September 29, 1976; January 28, 1977

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William K. Jones Oral History Interview, May 25, 1976; July 14, 1976; September 29, 1976; January 28, 1977

May 25, 1976; July 14, 1976; September 29, 1976; January 28, 1977

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0033/

General Jones graduated from the University of Kansas in 1937 and was commissioned 2d Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserves in 1938. He describes his early military training, the Marine Corps in the late 1930s, and duty on the Pacific Coast. Jones tells of being transferred to the Atlantic coast prior to the outbreak of W.W. II, shore patrol at Charleston, S.C., and duty at a British base in Iceland.

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