[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRATULATING CLIFFORD BOWEN

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                           HON. STEVE STIVERS

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Clifford 
Bowen for celebrating his 100th birthday on February 8, 2013. Mr. Bowen 
is Madison County's oldest veteran, and his life and service to our 
country are nothing short of outstanding.
  Born in Bell County, Kentucky, in 1913, Mr. Bowen grew up on a farm 
as one of six children. When he was 16, he followed in his father's 
footsteps and began working in a coal mine, where he was assigned to 
operate the tram motor.
  When World War II broke out, Bowen left the coal mine and was 
assigned to the Army motor pool. The trucks he and his crew kept 
running supported the ordnance corps in Luzon and New Guinea in the 
Pacific Theater, and he was promoted to the rank of Technical Sergeant 
in 1946. After the war, Bowen met his wife Lucille in a dance hall, and 
the two were married for 27 years until she passed away in 1973. Mr. 
Bowen moved to Ohio in the 1980s, and he has remained there ever since.
  I would again like to wish Clifford Bowen a very happy 100th 
birthday, and I ask that all Members of Congress stand with me and 
thank him for serving our country as Madison County's oldest veteran. 
The people of Ohio's 15th District are remarkable and hardworking, and 
Mr. Bowen is a perfect example of the sort of accomplished, admirable 
people who make my district truly exceptional.

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