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![]() Warrant Officer Thomas Dewey Jones
![]() As an enlisted man; Sgt. Thomas Dewey Jones
![]() was Awarded the Silver Star in Vietnam;
![]() as a member of the 1st Infantry Division.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jones' heroic actions under-fire exemplified the greatest courage and the Best Traditions of the Big Red One and the US Army.
![]() Without regard to his own safety; Jones put himself at the gravest risk in order to save his unit from being overrun by a Superior Combat Force of North Vietnamese Regulars.
![]() Assigned to guard a small private air strip adjacent to a French Villa and a rubber plantation; Jones and elements of the 1st Infantry Division set up a protective perimeter not suspecting an attack.
![]() North Vietnamese units attacked the unit in force blowing up the Villa and killing all the occupants of the neutral French residence hoping to use this tactic to breakthrough a surprised protective American force.
![]() In a scene rarely found in the history of the Vietnam War; Jones, acting as a forward observer was confronted with an enemy force of two Battalions of North Vietnamese Regular Soldiers in full battle-dress with battle-flags waving and bugles blowing.
![]() The enemy began pouring over the surrounding hills exposing themselves during a major frontal assault confident in their ability to succeed and overrun the American force quickly.
![]() The combat situation quickly deteriorated into hand to hand combat all along a thin defensive line; a battle in which Jones participated as he attempted to maintain radio contact with his unit command post and defend his own position along the line.
![]() Anticipating an enemy breakthrough; Jones found his position virtually cutoff and forward of his unit skirmish line.
![]() Jones managed to use his radio calling in an air-strike on his own position while holding off a large number of the enemy with effective small arms fire.
![]() Jones' selfless act of personal heroism and disregard for his own safety resulted in the destruction of a great number of the enemy.
![]() The air-strike turned the tide of battle thereby saving his unit from an inevitable wholesale assault. Miraculously Jones survived.
![]() Jones was recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor.
![]() For this action Thomas Dewey Jones was Awarded the Silver Star.
![]() ![]() ![]() In 1976 Jones was promoted from the ranks to Warrant Officer with a Masters Degree in Computer Technology at Ft. Huachuca Arizona while assigned to the United States Army Security Agency Testing and Evaluation Center; Intelligence and Service Command.
![]() Jones was transferred to the Pentagon. (1)
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