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Show HUMANITARIAN MEDAL GIVEN Navy Counselor 1st Class Steven J. Bowden, son of Kenneth and Johnny Bowden, of Beaver, has been awarded theHumltar-lan theHumltar-lan Service medal. Steve Is a crewmember aboard the combat stores ship USS White Plains op-erating op-erating from Yokosuka.Ja -pan, as a unit of the U.S. 7th Fleet. He received the medal for his participation in the rescue of 322 Vietnamese refugees from July thru " September of last year. His ship discovered the refugees In six separate Incidents In-cidents while operating in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. They were brought aboard ship, given medical exams, fed and transported to the UJS. Naval Station at Subic Bay. The White Plains Is 581 feet long and carries a crew of 430. It serves as a floating store for the fleet, and carries more than 25,000 supply items. |