Box 1

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Includes honorable discharge documents from Jones's two terms of service, as well as identification and service papers from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Also includes envelope of photograph negatives addressed to Thomas Jones, CCC, Hatch, New Mexico, which probably date to 1939 and correspond to images in the album in Folder 3.

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Leatherette album (circa 6 x 8 inches) issued by CCC P & R Photo Service with a history of the Corps, list of officers and enrollees, and photographs from Camp SP-19 in Baynesville, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Leather-covered photograph album (8 x 11 inches) filled with official camp photographs and personal snapshots of Jones and camp members at work (in uniform or work gear, often with shovels, rakes) and recreation (swimming, baseball, in casual dress), and in transit. Camp scenes include mess hall and barracks interiors, and exterior grounds with camp buildings. One image includes a water tower from HDQ 2352 (Baynesville) and a few images at the end of the album are from Jones's trip to New...

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Four postcards, 1940, addressed to "Mom" (Mrs. Marie Winther) in Philadelphia; 11 photographs from Fort Worden, Port Townsend, Washington; one war-time map of Seattle; and one postcard, 1945, addressed to wife Ann (Mrs. Thomas Jones). Fort Worden was part of the coastal artillery network during World War II.

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Also includes 1943 "Circuit Nomenclature and Written Circuits" issued by the Association of American Railroads for signaling devices.

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Ship silhouettes used for identification training with Jones's handwritten completed forms with data about each class of surface craft.

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Handwritten, in pencil, two-page report dated December 10 about the events of December 7, 1941. The report appears to be copied by Jones, perhaps from a report by Captain R.S. Spangler, the commanding officer of Battery C, whose name appears at the end of the report. Fort Barrette was attacked at 07:55; Corporal Joseph A Medlen, a casualty of the attack, was machine-gunned at 08:05.

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Honorable discharge, other documents, and negative print of marriage license for Thomas Jones and Ann Barras, May 17, 1946.

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Two Christmas dinner programs and one Christmas newsletter for Battery C 15th Coast Artillery with photographs, lists of officers and enlisted men, and menus. 1940 and 1942 items are from Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii. The 1941 program is from Fort Barrette and bears pencil marks beside the names of many men with the note, "41 gone by Xmas, 1942."

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Army & Navy YMCA Map and Guide (Honolulu: James B. Mann, 1940); Humour: the finest selection of the World's Wit , May 23, 1941; program for "Dedication of Service Flag in Honor of Our Boys in the Armed Forces," Philadelphia, December 6, 1942. Of the 20 "boys" listed in the program, three are the sons of Marie Jones Winther: Raymond, Thomas, and John.