L. Martin Jones World War II Interview

L. Martin Jones World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

United States. Army.

Kansas -- History.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Belgium -- Bastogne.

Prisoners of war.

Lloyd Martin Jones served in the United States Army (106th Infantry Division). He enlisted in the Reserve in 1942. He went on active duty in 1943 and was discharged in 1946. Interviewed as part of the Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project, Jones talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Jones was born on December 2, 1922, in Osage City, Kansas. He graduated high school in 1940 and then attended the University of Kansas. After joining the Army, he went to basic training at Camp Wallace in Texas. He went to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning in Georgia. Jones was captured as a prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. He was liberated on May 2, 1945. Following the war, Jones finished his degree at the University of Kansas and worked at the university until he retired in 1986. He passed away on April 3, 2017.

Jones, Martin

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

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Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/jones-l.-martin-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://warrenmcelwain.com/obituary/lloyd-martin-jones/

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

A transcript for another interview with Jones is available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211718

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Jones_L.Martin WWII Interview

Belgium

1942 - 1946

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Jones, Lloyd Martin

Douglas County (Kan.)

VHS

3:36:08

221 kbit/s (audio)

2465 kbit/s (video)