Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....COWN, SGT O.S. 1945
WWII U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS
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SGT O.S. COWN GETS PUROLE HEART
 FIFTH AIR FORCE PHILIPPINES
 SARGEANT ORIEN S COWN 35 SON OF MR AND MRS J.B. COWN, CORDELE,GA., HAS BEEN AWARDED
THE PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN COMBAT WITH THE ENEMY RECENTLY. COWN, AN
ORDINANCE ARMORER IS A MEMBER OF A PROMINENT P-61 BLAK WIDOW NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON
IN THE PHILIPPINES. PRESENTATION OF THE AWARD WAS MADE BY BRIGADER GENERAL FREDERICK
H. SMITH, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 5TH AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND.
 BEFORE HE ENTERED THE SERVICE IN MAY,1942, SARGEANT COWN WORKED AS A FARMER. HE
ARRIVED OVERSEAS IN THE PACIFICAREA ON JANUARY 4,1944 AND SINCE THAT TIME HAS SEEN
SUCH ACTION IN NEW GUIN,THE NETHERLANDS, EAST INDIES, AND THE PHILIPPINES. TWO OF
HIS BROTHERS ARE IN THE SERVICE,FRED P. IN THE NAVY AND JOHN P. IN THE ARMY. 

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