Tom Jones

Sergeant Tom Jones was part of the survey squad of H&S Company of the 332nd Engineers. Like Carl "Art" Koski, he joined the outfit at Camp Claiborne Louisiana and served with it through the end of the war.

Tom Jones was a talented artist and created many sketches and water color paintings. While the 332nd Engineer Regiment was in England, Tom Jones printed sets of postcards featuring his water color paintings of the 332nd at work. One set of those postcards was found carefully saved in Carl "Art" Koski's war scrapbook--a clear indication that the postcards and Sergeant Tom Jones meant a lot to Art Koski.

After the war, Tom Jones became a successful architect, perhaps not a great surprise given the number of bridge reconstruction projects he planned throughout France, Belgium, and Germany.

While researching Ordinary Heroes: Six Stars in the Window, author Dan Oja talked with Tom Jones numerous times and even visited him once at his home. Dan Oja vividly remembers the first time he talked to Tom Jones on the phone. "I introduced myself and said that I was writing a book about the six Koski brothers, including Carl "Art" Koski who served with the 332nd Engineers. There was a brief pause, then Tom Jones said 'Koski, let me tell you about Koski'. Tom Jones then proceeded to relay a great number of stories about him and Art Koski and the men of the 332nd."

1. Tom Jones painting of the Red Cross doughnut wagon.
2. Tom sketch of the ear, nose, and throat inspection.
3. Time magazine wrote a story about Tom Jones during the war, but it was never published.
4. Tom Jones working at his desk.
5. Larger photo of Tom Jones painting outdoors in England.
6. Photo of Tom Jones at his home in Mississippi, June, 2005, identifying men in photos of the 332nd Engineers for the author.
7. Close-up photo of Tom Jones identifying the men in the rail car photo.