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4 unusual facts about Jake Jones


Epps, Louisiana

Jake Jones, a major league baseball player from 1941 to 1948, was born in Epps.

Jake Jones

During the 1947 midseason he was dealt to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rudy York, batting a combined .237 with 19 home runs and 96 RBI that season.

On February 1, 1945, he shot down another three Zeroes while serving on a mission at northeast of Tokyo, to give him five confirmed victories.

In November 1943 he was assigned to the unit on the USS Yorktown (CV-10), flying Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters.



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