Charles Jones

Charles (Chip) Jones is an award-winning journalist and author of three works of nonfiction: Boys of ’67: From Vietnam to Iraq, the Extraordinary Story of a Few Good Men (2006, Stackpole Books); Red, White Or Yellow? The Media & the Military at War in Iraq (2008, Stackpole Books); and War Shots: Norm Hatch and the Marine Corps Combat Cameramen of World War II (2011, Stackpole Books).

Boys of ’67 follows a group of young Marine officers from their start at Basic School in Quantico, Virginia through the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, the tumultuous 1970s, and up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. One of the three main characters, Gen. James L. Jones, is Jones’ first cousin. Jones’ late father was Lt. General William K. Jones, a hero of a number of the Marine Corps’ Pacific campaigns of World War II.

Red, White or Yellow examines the miscues of the media in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and profiles the work of a lone Marine Corps public affairs officer handling media inquiries at Camp Fallujah.

War Shots tells the story of the Marine combat cameramen in World War II through the eyes of a living legend, Norman T. Hatch, who found a way to film two of the most important battles of the war: Tarawa and Iwo Jima. Jones got to know Hatch after meeting him at a speaking engagement and was astounded no one had yet written the story of his remarkable life.

The book’s web site is www.warshotsbook.com

A 1974 graduate of the University of Kansas and the Hollins College creative writing program in 1989, Jones worked as a reporter at the Roanoke Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch, and was associate editor of Virginia Business magazine. He’s married to Deborah Jones, his creative partner in literature and music in Richmond, Virginia. They have three grown children: Lauren, Chief, and Mary.

Jones serves as communications and marketing director for the Richmond Academy of Medicine and Access Now, a specialty health care program for the uninsured. He can be reached for speaking engagements and book signings at cjones@ramdocs.org or 804-622-8136.