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Junius Wallace Jones, B. S., (1890–1977) was a major general in the United States Air Force. He was Inspector-General of the United States Air Force. ==Early life== Jones was born in Jackson, Louisiana (East Feliciana Parish) on April 3, 1890 to Philip Huff Jones, M.D. and Annabelle Smith, the second born of five children.〔Mike Miller. (Junius Wallace Jones ). LA Gen Web, 1914.〕 Jones was descended from a prominent local family, his paternal grandfather was John Welch Jones, MD.〔〔(John Welch Jones, MD ). In: Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. (ed.), ''Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form'' (volume 3), Century Historical Association, 1914: pp. 210-211.〕 having been director of the East Louisiana State Hospital (then called the Insane Asylum of Louisiana) and his maternal grandfather having been a plantation owner. Jones came from a family with a military tradition. Jones descended directly from three soldiers, Samuel Jones, Thomas Jackson, and Samuel Hilton, who served in the Revolutionary War with General Francis Marion,〔〔 known as "the swamp fox". 〔〔 His grandfather, John Welch Jones, was in the Mexican-American War and served the army of the Confederate States of America as captain of a company of cavalry, the Plains Cavalry, which he organized.〔〔〔(Philip Huff Jones ). In: Chambers Henry E. ''A History of Louisiana'' (Volume 2). New York: American Historical Society, Inc, 1925: pp. 74-76.〕 Jones received private primary and secondary education. He was attending Louisiana State University when he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, which he entered on March 1, 1909.〔 Jones graduated in 1913 with a bachelor of science degree.〔(Major General Junius W. Jones ), United States Air Force.〕〔(Factsheet ), Jones, Junius Wallace Papers 1944-1945, Air Force Historical Research Agency.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Junius Wallace Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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