Older Photos

Below you will find a gallery of photos taken prior to 2007.

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A photo gallery of Wilbur D. Jones, Jr.’s more recent personal photograph collection can be found HERE.

German gun emplacement at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy. 2004/10.
German gun emplacement at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy. 2004/10.
Dog Green Beach on Omaha Beach, famous for
Dog Green Beach on Omaha Beach, famous for "Saving Private Ryan" and 29th Infantry Division. 60th anniversary of D-Day. 2004.
On top of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, where Marines planted the U.S. flag on Feb. 18, 1945. 50th anniversary. 1995.
On top of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, where Marines planted the U.S. flag on Feb. 18, 1945. 50th anniversary. 1995.

Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter at Duxford, England, Imperial War Museum. 2004
Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter at Duxford, England, Imperial War Museum. 2004
Peleliu, Palaus, for 55th anniversary. September 1999.
Peleliu, Palaus, for 55th anniversary. September 1999.
North Field on Tinian, Marianas, which based B-29s for strikes against Japan including Enola Gay and Bocks Car carrying nuclear bombs. 1995.
North Field on Tinian, Marianas, which based B-29s for strikes against Japan including Enola Gay and Bocks Car carrying nuclear bombs. 1995.

Peleliu, Palaus - USMC LVT1(A) with 75mm cannon. 1999.
Peleliu, Palaus - USMC LVT1(A) with 75mm cannon. 1999.
With local woman and Madame Yuki Tojo, granddaughter of Japan's wartime premier, Gen. Hideki Tojo. Peleliu, Palaus. 1999.
With local woman and Madame Yuki Tojo, granddaughter of Japan's wartime premier, Gen. Hideki Tojo. Peleliu, Palaus. 1999.
At Churchill's WWII Cabinet War Rooms, London. 2004.
At Churchill's WWII Cabinet War Rooms, London. 2004.

Normandy village of Cruelly commemorates 60th anniversary of D-Day. June 2004.
Normandy village of Cruelly commemorates 60th anniversary of D-Day. June 2004.
President Bush with French President Chirac at 60th anniversary commemoration service, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer. June 6, 2004.
President Bush with French President Chirac at 60th anniversary commemoration service, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer. June 6, 2004.
Atomic Bomb Pit No. 1, where
Atomic Bomb Pit No. 1, where "Little Boy" atomic bomb was loaded on to B-29 "Enola Gay" for strike on Hiroshima, Aug. 6, 1945. North Field, Tinian, Marianas, 1995.

With Frolian Tenorio, governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Saipan. For Iwo Jima 50th anniversary. 1995.
With Frolian Tenorio, governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Saipan. For Iwo Jima 50th anniversary. 1995.
With Wilmington friend Doris Ayers at Auberge Le John Steele, Ste. Mere Eglise, Normandy. Ayers is step daughter of Steele, 82nd Airborne Division, whose parachute stuck on church steeple on June 6, 1944. 2004.
With Wilmington friend Doris Ayers at Auberge Le John Steele, Ste. Mere Eglise, Normandy. Ayers is step daughter of Steele, 82nd Airborne Division, whose parachute stuck on church steeple on June 6, 1944. 2004.
Program of airborne drop at Ste. Mere Eglise, Normandy, June 2004. Autographed by Speaker of the House Hastert, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Meyer, USArmy Europe commander Gen. Bell, and SME mayor LeFevre.
Program of airborne drop at Ste. Mere Eglise, Normandy, June 2004. Autographed by Speaker of the House Hastert, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Meyer, USArmy Europe commander Gen. Bell, and SME mayor LeFevre.

P-47 Thunderbolt at American aviation museum at Duxford, England. 2004
P-47 Thunderbolt at American aviation museum at Duxford, England. 2004
Iwo Jima black sands invasion beaches, with Mount Suribachi in background. 1995/98.
Iwo Jima black sands invasion beaches, with Mount Suribachi in background. 1995/98.
Saipan, Marianas. Japanese Last command post HQ cave. 1995
Saipan, Marianas. Japanese Last command post HQ cave. 1995

Dummy of 82nd Airborne paratrooper John Steele (Red Buttons in
Dummy of 82nd Airborne paratrooper John Steele (Red Buttons in "The Longest Day") hung up on church steeple in main place of Ste. Mere Eglise, Normandy. Steele later lived in Wilmington for 13 years. 2004/10.

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