Vietnam War Hero Honored at Museum

BATON ROUGE HIGH GRADUATE: ONE OF MOST DECORATED PILOTS of the Vietnam War.  Col. Gordon Jenkins, 1960 graduate of Baton Rouge High and 1965 graduate of LSU, flew more than 140 combat missions over North Vietnam and was honored with two Silver Stars, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, and 15 Air Medals.  He flew the F-105 supersonic fighter bomber.  His heroism has been commemorated with an exhibit at the Naval Museum downtown.  Jenkins is close friends with Neal Jones, another BR High grad who was a POW in Hanoi for seven years.