Times Independent | 1968-10-03 | Page 14 | Russ Thurman Wins Awards for Photos

Russ Thurman Wins Awards For Photos Russell Thurman, a combat com-bat correspondent with the Marine Corp entered several combat stories in a contest held by the Combat Correspondents Corres-pondents association, and walked away with a first prize award. He was given an expense paid trip to the annual combat correspondents correspond-ents convention in Los Angeles An-geles where he was presented present-ed the first place placque by Ed Nelson and Martha Raye. Although stationed in the United States at the present time, he will be going to Japan in the near future to spend the next four years as" a member of the staff of the Stars and Stripes, the newspaper news-paper of the armed forces. Russell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thurman of Moab