Herbert M. Jones

He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1919 and was assigned to field artillery en route to tours of duty in France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany.

[1] During the 1920s and 1930s, he served at various posts in the United States and Panama, including West Point, where he was an assistant professor of physics, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he was a field artillery instructor.

[2] Postwar, he played a role in the formation of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), for which he later was adjutant general.

His military decorations included a Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Distinguished Service Medal.

[4] In 1989, he moved to the Knollwood Retirement Community in Washington, formerly the Army Distaff Hall, and was its first male resident.