OSS Jones, Geoffrey Talbot Montgomery

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Jones ​

• FORENAME

Geoffrey Talbot Montgomery ​

• UNIT

OSS North Africa,France and Germany ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Legion of Merit,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Purple Heart,Officer of the Order of the British Empire (GB),Officier de la LegiondHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre with 2 palms (Fr),etc ​

• PLACE

Europe ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1919 Newport,Rhode Island​

graduated Princeton University 1942​

US Army​

OSS​

North Africa​

OSS Chief of French Liaison Office 1944​

Mission Rabelais,France 1944​

C.O. OSS OGs Franco-Italian frontier​

C.O. SF Det 10 (attached 1st Army) 1945​

left OSS as Major​

also awarded Danish Medal of Freedom,Italian Order of Merit (Commendatore)​

retired as President of Veterans of OSS 2001​

father of Kiley C.T. Jones (his son)​

died 20.7.2007 New York,New York​

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