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Hrtnrj O-J-1 Dowling Is in the Ordnance sectionIjooa l^onauct IVteuai of a Southwest Pacific,:p-47 Thun-^ ,, derbolt squadron. Upon his shoul-(TivPtl h I JnwlttKT iders rests the responsibUty of ob-* • * • tining and. providing! ammuntion .Fifth Air Force, Southwest Pa- for the ,wing guns of his squadron's ciflo—Sergeant James F. Dowling, fighter planes, and occasionally go-whose wife, Gertne Dowling, lives ing into the bomb departrnen; at 27 Franklin Street. Augusta, re- when the fighters are used as fight-cently was awarded the Good Con- er-botnbers.duct Medal upon the recommends- Overseas nine months, Sgt. Dowl-tion of • his Squadron Commander, ing is authorized to wear theThe miltary honor is awarded Asiatic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with only to those service men having a Bronze Star for the New Guinea demonstrated fidelity through ca- campaign. He has been in the ser-paclty to produce desired results, vice since September. 1942. i soldierly tenavior such as deserves Sgt. Dowling is the son of I Mr. emulation and having completed and Mrs. Henry J. Dowling, 32 the required’ period of active Fed- Quimby Street. He was graduated eral Military Service.” from Cony High School in the classAn expert on amnxuntion, Sgt. of 1938,
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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Tue, Aug 22, 1944
Page 12
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