Clarksburg Ohio World War II Veteran Spotlight (Now and Then):
PFC Almer E. Sowers
PFC Almer E. Sowers served in the U.S. Army as a light truck driver attached to the 3745th Quartermaster Truck Company. Sowers left the United States in February of 1945 for the Pacific Theater and served in New Guinea and the Phillipines. It’s interesting to note that he had a chance encounter with Clarksburg veteran Russ Furniss aboard the troopship carrying the two to war, while the ship was out to sea. Sowers lived out his life in Deerfield Township just outside Clarksburg Ohio and farmed the fields surrounding his rural home located approximately 3 miles south of Clarksburg on State Route 207. Color photo taken in May of 1984.
PFC Almer E. Sowers served in the U.S. Army as a light truck driver attached to the 3745th Quartermaster Truck Company. Sowers left the United States in February of 1945 for the Pacific Theater and served in New Guinea and the Phillipines. It’s interesting to note that he had a chance encounter with Clarksburg veteran Russ Furniss aboard the troopship carrying the two to war, while the ship was out to sea. Sowers lived out his life in Deerfield Township just outside Clarksburg Ohio and farmed the fields surrounding his rural home located approximately 3 miles south of Clarksburg on State Route 207. Color photo taken in May of 1984.
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