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CITATION: GO 34 17 March 1945 (page 4)
GERALD G. JONES, 13135218, Private First
Class, 508th Parachute Infantry. For gallantry in action on 7 January
1945, near ******, BELGIUM. Private First Class JONES, Bazooka Gunner,
Company "G', 508th Parachute Infantry, during the attack on ********
ridge in BELGIUM, was instrumental in knocking out an enemy high-velocity
gun which had brought punishing fire to bear upon the Company as it
pushed forward in the final phase of the attack. The Company was
in the process of reorganizing for the final push when a concealed enemy
high-velocity gun opened up with direct fire from a range of approximately
150 yards. Private First Class JONES, and a LMG gunner, both moved
forward, without cover, to engage the gun. In spite of the fact
that they were in the open and the enemy gun continued firing, Private
First Class JONES fired from a standing position. He fired two
rounds which failed to explode. The enemy gun fired two rounds
back into the vicinity of where Private First Class JONES was
standing. Without hesitation, Private First Class JONES
loaded a third round, while the LMG gunner fired on the enemy gun, and
succeeded in scoring a hit which immobilized the gun. Private
First Class JONES' gallant and intrepid action in engaging the
enemy gun while exposed and in a standing position was instrumental
in removing a serious threat to the advance of his Company and was in
keeping with the highest tradition of the Airborne Forces of the United
States Army.
Entered service from PENNSYLVANIA..
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