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Title: Paul LeRoy Jones papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1994
Collection Number: 80149
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 1 oversize folder
(5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The collection contains photographs, press releases, clippings, speeches, orders, maps, and a diary relating to Allied military
activities in the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II and to General Joseph W. Stilwell.
Creator:
Jones, Paul LeRoy, 1906-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
[Identification of item], Paul LeRoy Jones papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1906 | Born |
| 1920s, circa | Radio communicator in San Diego and San Francisco |
| 1928 October - 1929 June | Cadet, United States Air Corps |
| 1929, circa | Accepted a reserve commission in the Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Air Corps |
| 1941 April | Joined 7th Division, Infantry, United States Army |
| 1941 August | Assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion (heavy weapons company) |
| 1942 February, circa | Worked as a railroad operations officer |
| Promoted to captain | |
| 1942 March | Appointed liaison and courier to the Chinese 5th and 6th Armies |
| Traveled to India and Burma | |
| 1942 May | Participated in Joseph Stilwell's Burma walkout |
| 1942 June | Promoted to major |
| 1942 October | Appointed headquarters commandant and assistant to the acting assistant, G-4, acting as a transportation officer, possibly for Services of Supply (S.O.S.) |
| 1943 October | Promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| 1943-1944, circa | Oversaw delivery of supplies for Services of Supply (S.O.S.), China Defense Supplies |
| Member of CBI Radio Team | |
| Public relations officer, China-Burma-India Theater | |
| 1944 | Received Bronze Star |
| 1944 December | Returned to United States |
| 1945 | Worked for the Office of Information Services for Army Ground Forces, Public Relations |
| 1945 September-October | Public relations work in Okinawa, Japan |
| 1945 November | Returned to civilian life in California while remaining in the Army Reserves |
Sources:
CBI Roundup, June 22, 1944, and November 9, 1944. Accessed through CBI Theater: http://cbi-theater-1.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-1/roundup/roundup062244.html
Jones, Paul L. "The Withdrawal from Burma and the Stilwell Walkout."
Ex-CBI Roundup, May 1992. Accessed through CBI Theater: http://cbi-theater-3.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-3/stilwellpages/stilwell_walkout.html
Scope and Content of Collection
Consisting mainly of photographs, the Paul LeRoy Jones papers relate to Allied military activities in the China-Burma-India
Theater in World War II, the Burma walkout in 1942, and General Joseph W. Stilwell.
The
China-Burma-India Theater file includes the transcript of a diary that Jones kept from 1941 to 1945 documenting his experience in the China-Burma-India
Theater and his interactions with General Stilwell. . The diary includes entries from May 1942, when Jones participated in
the walkout through Burma to India led by General Stilwell. In the diary, Jones discusses his work with transportation of
supplies, radio broadcasting programs, and his responses to world events. Explanatory notes, which Jones made at a later date,
can be found throughout the diary. This file also includes documents by and about Stilwell, such as correspondence, clippings,
press releases, statements by Stilwell, and the typescript "The Stilwell Story" by Finis Farr.
Jones held various jobs during the war that required him to travel extensively in the China-Burma-India Theater. Since he
was assisting the Signal Corps, Jones was allowed to take photographs during his assignments. The
Photographs contain images of areas where Jones was stationed, the construction of the Ledo Road, and Joseph Stilwell. Photographs that
were previously separated still retain their original groupings in envelopes and have been integrated into the collection.
Additional photographs can be found in the
Scrapbooks. The collection contains a scrapbook documenting the Burma walkout, which contains photographs, diary entries, and a map
with a red line marking the walkout path. The second scrapbook documents Jones' time in Assam, where he was in charge of materials
from China Defense Supplies that went over "The Hump." The third scrapbook concerns the surrender of Ryukyus Islands at Tenth
Army Headquarters on Okinawa.
China Defense Supplies records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Claire Lee Chennault papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Frank Dorn papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Henrietta Thompson processed volume, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Jack Silvey motion picture film, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Jesse Conn Miller photographs, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
John N. Hart letters received, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Joseph Warren Stilwell papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
William E. R. Covell papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
United States. Army
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946