*JONES, HERBERT CHARPOIT
Rank and organization: Ensign, U.S. Naval
Reserve. Born: 1 December 1918, Los Angeles, Calif. Accredited to:
California.
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."
