Gabe Jones

"Who are you supposed to be?" "I'm... Captain America." "I beg your pardon?"

- Gabe Jones, Captain America, and James Montgomery Falsworth

Gabriel "Gabe" Jones is a soldier and a member of an elite special unit of Allied soldiers formed in World War II known as the Howling Commandos.

Biography
A native of Macon, Georgia, Gabe Jones studied German and French before joining the United States Armed Forces. Jones would eventually join the 92nd Infantry, a unit he described as "All black, all proud."

In 1943, Jones was captured by HYDRA and placed in a cell with other allied prisoners. When Captain America single-handedly assaulted the facility in which he was prisoner, Jones, along with his companions, broke free and wreaked havoc on the HYDRA soldiers and the base by controlling a tank with Dum Dum Dugan, coming back to US military base immediately after.

Shortly after their breakout, Jones and his comrades were invited to join a special elite squadron, led by Rogers himself. Jones, after a brief conversation in French with Jacques Dernier, happily accepted. Along with the other Howlers, Jones took part of every assault against HYDRA, and it was Jones that took HYDRA scientist Arnim Zola into custody. Jones was present at the final assault against HYDRA at Johann Schmidt's fortress, and was one of the last people to speak with Captain America before he was lost to the ice.

Relationships

 * Captain America/Steve Rogers - Rescuer and Howling Commandos leader
 * Dum Dum Dugan - Howling Commandos teammate
 * Bucky Barnes - Howling Commandos teammate
 * Jim Morita - Howling Commandos teammate
 * Jacques Dernier - Howling Commandos teammate
 * James Montgomery Falsworth - Howling Commandos teammate
 * Antoine Triplett - Grandson
 * HYDRA - Enemies
 * Red Skull - Enemy
 * Arnim Zola - Enemy

Trivia

 * In the comics, Gabe Jones was the first African-American regular supporting character.
 * The name Gabe Jones is never used in the film itself. It is only seen in the credits.
 * Gabe Jones is one of only two original Howling Commands, being the other Dum Dum Dugan.
 * It was revealed in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. tv series that Antoine Triplett is the grandson of one of the Howling Commandos. Some viewers believe that Gabe Jones could be his grandfather, since he was the only African-American Howling Commando, but there is still no proof of that.