W5OJ 1930 Frederick, Oklahoma

The operator was CDR Joseph Daniel Jones, USNR, a veteran of World War II, W5OJ, ex-K5NBS and A3OTP (MARS).
He was first licensed in 1927 with the call W5OJ. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserves October 5, 1936. In 1940 he was employed as a radio engineer at a broadcast station in Texas.
In 1935 Jones and Walter Harold Kimmell copyrighted a song --"It was written in the Stars."  Jones wrote the lyrics and Kimmell handled the melody.
He was born on Christmas Day 1910, and died September 5, 1971.

Portable call: W5ZZN
Portable calls were issued by the FCC between 1930 - 1933.

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Info courtesy of W5KNE