August 24, 1932
IT GIVES ME great pleasure to present to you this medal in recognition of your courageous and highly commendable action.
Note: The President spoke at presentation ceremonies at the White House. Commander Jones was decorated for extraordinary heroism during a hurricane off Santo Domingo on August 29, 1916.
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Herbert Hoover, Remarks on Presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor to Commander Claude A. Jones. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207408
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