From the July 15th Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Lifetime of Achievements: 2012 Star News Lifetime Achievement Award Winners."
WILBUR D. JONES USNR(RET)
Every year the newspaper looks for individulas in a wide variety of fields who have extraordinary talents and have accomplished much for the city and region.
Past winners ith a World War II connection include Hugh Morton, one of the founders of the North Carolina Azalea Festival and instrumental in bringing the battleship USS North Carolina to Wilmington who won in 2005. In 2009, Hannah Block, a charter member of the USO club at Second and Orange streets.
One of the three winners this year is a man I'm familiar with, Wilbur D. Jones. I have come across his name many times in conjunction with his work with Wilmington and World War II.
The article gave a lot of information on him which I will go into next post.
A Well-Deserved Honor. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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