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Bower, Lahman L., Jr., Cpl.
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Contact Info
Home Town Hazel Park
Date of Passing Mar 29, 1983
Location of Interment Roseland Park Cemetery - Berkley, Michigan
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Cpl. Bower enlisted on 15 January 1959.
In Korea, he served as a medic with the 9 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea, being deployed there in July 1950.
He was captured and held as a POW in Camp 5 (Pyok-Dong POW Camp), North Korea until his release after 985 days in captivity. He was released during Operation Big Switch on 11 August 1953, and honorably discharged at Fort Sheridan 7 October 1953.
He was interred in Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan.
Note: He was honored on http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=381
Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Eighth Army Offensive
From Month/Year
September / 1950
To Month/Year
September / 1950
Description The Eighth Army began its offensive northward on 16 September. The ROK I and II Corps were in position on the north side of the perimeter. The U.S. I Corps, composed to the 1st Cavalry Division, the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, the 24th Division, and the 1st ROK Division, was on the Taegu front. The remainder of the Eighth Army, positioned along the Naktong, included the U.S. 2d and 25th Divisions and attached ROK units. Progress was limited at first, but as the portent of the converging attacks became clear to the North Koreans, they fled north with heavy losses in men and materiel. Elements of the 7th Division (X Corps) and the 1st Cavalry Division (Eighth Army) made contact late on 26 September just south of Suwon, thus effecting a juncture of U.N. forces. Organized enemy resistance continued in the Eighth Army sector until the last days of September. Although large numbers of enemy troops escaped through the eastern mountains, more than 100,000 prisoners were captured during this period; by 30 September the North Korean Army had ceased to exist as an organized force below the 38th parallel. However, remnants of the army, fighting as guerrillas, continued to pose a considerable threat to the security of the U.N. forces.
