General David Jones was appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on this date in 1978. Born in South Dakota, he was raised in Minot, where a winter storm helped him choose his life’s path. It was during the late 1930s when Army Air Corps planes on their way to Alaska made an emergency landing in Minot because of a snowstorm. David went with a group of students to talk with the pilots and observe the planes. The instruments and controls were impressive, but when Jones sat in a pilots’ seat