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GA SR1217
Resolution
AI Summary
- Recognizes and commends Mr. Carl Cowart of Tattnall County, Georgia, for his military service in both the United States Navy during World War II and the United States Army during the Korean Conflict
- Cowart served in the Navy as a communications specialist and signalman, including duty aboard the USS Borie, the Norwegian merchant ship SS Austvangan on a convoy from Halifax to Murmansk, and Landing Craft Infantry 1176, where he unloaded troops at Omaha Beach on D-Day
- After re-enlisting in 1946, Cowart joined the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, qualified for the Green Berets 77th Special Forces unit, and parachuted behind enemy lines at Sukchon, North Korea, with the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment to intercept trains transporting American POWs
- Following his 1956 retirement from the Army, Cowart returned to Tattnall County, worked at Canoochee EMC, and became an accomplished writer, authoring Day of the Blackbirds and All the Warriors were Valiant, with work featured in Military Magazine, The Tattnall Journal, and The Savannah Morning News
- Introduced by Senator Hill of the 4th District, the resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy to Mr. Cowart
Legislative Description
Cowart, Mr. Carl; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/11/2010
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