Junius Wallace Jones

Junius Wallace Jones, B. S., (April 3, 1890 – February 14, 1977) was a major general in the United States Air Force.

[8][9] Jones received his commission as a second lieutenant on June 12, 1913, and was assigned to the coast artillery at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

[8] In June 1919, Jones was ordered to military duty in Koblenz, Germany, with United States Forces.

Jones then remained at Fort Sill where he attended the United States Army Field Artillery School.

Jones was formally transferred to the Army Air Service in November 1921, having risen to the rank of major.

[8][9] Jones was then assigned to Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York as air operations officer.

Jones briefly served at March Field, California, as air inspector, but soon entered the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, from which he graduated in June 1934.

[8] Then Brigadier General Jones was assigned to the Technical Training Command at Greensboro, North Carolina, first as executive officer and later as commanding general, where, among other duties, he had oversight of Embry-Riddle School of Aviation training of enlisted personnel.

[13] Jones remodeled Centenaria, the home of his parents at the time of his birth, to serve as his personal residence.

After he left that employment he moved to his family plantation near Jackson, Louisiana where he kept horses and rode frequently.

At West Point in 1913