Hide Article Text (OCR)
World War VettAnd Father ofNine EnlistsIJames A. Cover, 45, ofIt;Friendsville. ServedatiOverseas in Last WariIJam** A, Cover, a veteran of! World War ! and father of nine children, la now wearing khaki to;*Ido hi* bi? for Uncle Sam with the ‘ Army Engineers.Fot ty-five-v ear-old Cover, a native of Friendsville Garrett county, j » was told he «u wasting hut time \ trying to enlist. But he drove all j . the to Baltimore. wi« accepted at the United States Engineer Of-, hce for an assignment a* a driver., r passed every examination, and was . sworn in at the recruiting station.Two of his .sons are serving in the s army. One son. Cleveland C. Cover.1 20. was at Camp McClain, Mtss.j i. j when last heard from several weeks s ago. Another son, Guy R. Cover, 19 y is stationed at Ftort Meade. Md.Now assigned to duty at the En-gmeer Unit Training Center at! dCamp Claiborne La., Covers Army'’ job will be what his job ha* been s moat of his life -driving a truck ^ He started driving as soon as he got out of high school He enlisted iri the armv during the last war and In six weeks was on his wav o France where he spent eleven mouths driving for a base hospital, unit.After the Ai mistier he drove trucks for hauling concerns until nine and a half year* ago. when heacquired three Garrett county mail'routes
Newspaper Details
Cumberland News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Mon, Jun 07, 1943
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Matthew S.
DE, USA 29 Aug 2022
Other Publications Near Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland Daily Alleganian and Times
Alleganian and Times
Cumberland News
Cumberland Times News
Democratic Alleganian
