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[Clipping: New School Readies Ensigns for War at Sea]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing article on Herbert C. Jones building dedication at Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado.
Date: January 16, 1988
Creator: Burgess, Tom
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Hero's Wife Returns]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing the return of a Joanne Jones to California after the funeral for her husband Ensign H. C. Jones. The article details that his funeral was held in the St. Augustine Chapel at Waikiki, the same chapel the couple were married in. When she returned, she was photographed holding her husband's cap and saber shown on the right.
Date: December 21, 1941
Creator: San Francisco Examiner
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Highest Honor to Be Presented Officer's Widow]

Description: Newspaper article recounting the story of Ensign Herbert C. Jones, his posthumous receipt of the Medal of Honor and the Navy's subsequent acts of commemoration.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Joanne Zinsmeister Sailed From San Francisco]

Description: News clipping with notice of upcoming wedding of Ms. Joanne Zinsmeister to Ensign Herbert C. Jones. The clipping details how she sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu to be married at the Our Lady of Peace Cathedral on June 11th. Above the small article is a portrait of Mrs. Zinsmeister in a black turtleneck and a chain necklace.
Date: June 6, 1941
Creator: Peninsula Times Tribune
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Ensign's Pearl Harbor Heroism Rewarded Threefold Since Death]

Description: Newspaper article describing the posthumous Medal of Honor awarded to Ensign Herbert C. Jones's widow, Joanne Herlick, as well as two more awards years later. The article details Mrs. Herlick (formerly Mrs. Jones) perspective of the December 7th Pearl Harbor attack. There is a portrait of Herbert C. Jones in his white Navy dress uniform in the top right corner.
Date: December 8, 1991
Creator: Parker, J. Michael
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: War's Lessons]

Description: A section of newspaper containing a draft of sermon by the Rev. Buckner Fanning on his experiences during WWII and how they changed his life and deepened his religious conviction.
Date: December 8, 1991
Creator: Fanning, Buckner
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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