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Asheville, N. c., II June-1st Lit
Dora V. Bowers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Bowers, 421 Jeffer-
son street, Hagerstown, Md, who
returned recently from 35-months
service with the Army Nurse Corps
in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre, has
reported to the Army Ground and
Service Forces Redistribution Sta
ton in Asheville for reassignment
to duty.
A graduate of Hagerstown high
school and the nurses school OF
Washington County hospital, Lit
Bowers entered the Army in April
1912 and went overseas one month
later. She served on Fiji island
and in Calcutta, India with the
142nd General hospital.
Before coming to Asheville, the
Hagerstown nurse spent 81 days at
home with her parents. She has
a sister, Rebecca, 20, who~fs a cadet
nurse in training at Washington
County hospital. 1t Bowers re-
turned to the states on May 3.
With Sixth Infantry Division On
Luzon-John o. Butts, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Butts, 463 Park
Place, Hagerstown, Md, has been
promoted from private first class to
sergeant as a member of a front
line rifle company in the 63rd In
fantry Regiment.
Sergeant Butts, drafted in Deem
Der, 1912, came overseas in July,
1943. He fought at Mafin Bay and
Sansapor in New Guinea and holds
the combat infantryman badge for
exemplary conduct in action against
the Japs.
David Thomas Cottingham, 20,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Cot
tingham, 808 Hamilton boulevard,
was commissioned an Ensign in the
u. S. Naval Reserve when he grad
uated on May Gath from the Naval
Reserve Midshipmen's School at
Abbott Hall, Northwestern Univer-
sity, Chicago, Ill.
His completed four month course
consisted of instruction in naviga-
ton, seamanship, damage control.
communications, ordnance and gun
merry, in addition to which be
underwent a strenuous physical
conditioning program and numer-
Gus drills designed to develop in
itiative and leadership.
The newly commissioned ensign
who will see action with the feet
as deck officer, is at present sta
toned in Hollywood, Fla.
His brother, Seaman James A.
Cottingham, who has completed his
boot training at cambridge, was
home on furlough last week, re-
porting back to cambridge on Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman S. Early,
500 Frederick street, have two sons
in the Service Norman and Theo-
dore.
Sgt. Norman S. Early, Jr., is a
member of the 85th Custer" Di-
visions Quartermaster Company,
which was recently awarded the
Meritorious Service Unit Plaque for
superior performance of duty, in the
accomplishment of exceptionally
difficult tasks during the italian
campaign.
Sergeant Early, who wears sever
al battle stars, has been in the Serv-
ice three years and overseas 10
months. In a letter, received by his
parents on June 2, he wrote that he
expected to remain overseas for
about three or four months longer.
Coxswain Theodore Early, who
was recently promoted to his pres
ent rank from Seaman First Glass,
has just completed 30-day furlough
at home, leaving last Saturday to
report back to his ship, which is
at present in dock on the West
Coast. In the U. S. Navy 10 months,
Coxswain Early took his training at
cambridge. He then spent two
weeks in California, after which he
moved on to Pearl Harbor, where
he has since been based.
Charles Little Gossard, USNR.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Gossard,
901 Chestnut St., Hagerstown, Md,
has been advanced to quartermas-
ter, third class, while on duty in
the Pacific aboard a destroyer es-
cort.
Gossard entered the Navy in Feb
ruary, 1914, received his boot train
ing at cambridge, Md, and served
as instructor there for five months