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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lieut. Douglas A. Cowin's 42-man Marine detachment had a routine mission: to carry six truckloads of supplies up the 75-mile route from Tientsin to Peiping. Because they had been fired on before in this area, bitterly contested by Chinese Communist and Nationalist armies, the marines traveled in an armed convoy of weapons carriers, staff cars and jeeps. At high noon, on a paved road near Anping, the mission ceased to be routine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Battle at Anping | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...Lieut. Cowin fell, fatally wounded. Under Major Fred. J. Freese, a U.S. Army Special Service officer, the marines dug in for an all-day fight. But, after four hours, they had run out of mortar shells. Major Freese seized on a lull, ordered his men to make a break. In Peiping that night the weary detachment completed its mission. Its casualties: three killed, twelve wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Battle at Anping | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...Phillip Cowin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roster of Alumni Returning for AHC Post-Victory Meeting | 6/4/1946 | See Source »

JOSEPHINE V. COWIN Lakewood, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Jan. 15, 1945 | 1/15/1945 | See Source »

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