180th IR DUIPFC Willard S Jones45th ID Shoulder Patch

PFC Willard S Jones

1st Platoon, Company M, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
November 21, 1944 - January 26. 1946
February 4, 1921 - May 14, 2007

Campaigns and other service:

Central Europe

Occupation of Germany

Chronology:

1921

February 4: Born

1942:
August 1: Classified III-A: Deferred both by reason of dependency and occupation essential to the war effort.
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Deferment
Deferment

1944

November 21: Enlisted/Drafted

1945
January: Training, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Battalion, training unit, Camp Wheeler, Georgia Click on image for larger format
Training
Training unit photo; star on PFC Jones
Undated: Served as mail clerk for the Mail Clerk, Medical Detachment 23 Infantry, Camp Swift, Texas
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clerk

Unknown: Assigned to 1st Platoon, Company M, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.

April 7 Left the U.S.

April 16: Arrived in the European Theater of Operations

PFC Jones's photos of Dachau. Caution:contains graphic images of Dachau victims


Probably after May 3 when the 45th ID is assigned occupation duty in and around Munich including Dachau: Security duty at the Dachau concentration camp.

June 29: Visits Dachau concentration camp as a GI Tourist. Click on image for larger format
Dachau Pass
Dachau Visitors Pass
Image from "180th Infantry: A Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division" (1945). Click on image for larger format
Book Page

July 15: Moves to Reims, France,


August 18:Pass, Reims, France
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Pass

September
8: Leaves Europe

September 14: Arrives in the U.S.

1946
January 26: Discharged
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DischargeDischarge
Discharge Documents

Undated

 Willard S Jones's 48 star flag
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flag




2001

Observing Memorial Day with his Vietnam Veteran son
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Memorial Day

2005

Willard S. Jones offer of his Dachau photos to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and reply from the museum.
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DonationReply



2007

May 14: Passed Away

Headstone
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