After the battle for Tunis, Tunisia, in World War II, Jordan jumped on a British armored car that was part of a convoy headed to mop up remaining German resistance in the town. He was riding on top of the car, shooting scenes of the ravaged city, when the vehicle passed the bombed-out remains of an apartment building. Inside the building were several German snipers, one of whom shot and wounded Jordan. He called down into the armored car and informed them of the snipers, at which point the car stopped, rotated its cannon and fired at the building, killing the snipers. Two German soldiers then ran out of the building, and one pulled out a hand grenade and threw it at the armored car; it landed on top of the car, directly in front of Jordan, but did not explode. He then notified the driver that there were two Germans in back of the car preparing to throw another grenade; the driver trained his gun on the Germans and killed them.