Longest-serving Marine retires after 43 years of service
Col. Edmund Bowen, middle, speaks with guests during a cake-cutting ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 14, 2015. Bowen, retired from the Marine Corps after 43 years of service, according to a report on Thursday, Jan 5, 2017.
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By Carol Ann Benanti | Staten Island Advance (Tribune News Service) | Published: January 5, 2017
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After more than 43 years of service to our country, United States Marine Corps Col. Edmund J. Bowen retired during a solemn, ceremonial tribute hosted recently in Washington, D.C.
At the time of his retirement Col. Bowen was the longest active U.S. Marine on duty.
Col. Bowen's sister, Sharen Bowen Grube, tells us her brother was born and raised on Staten Island and was a paper carrier for the Staten Island Advance during the 1960s -- right before joining the work force at the former Acme Supermarket on Castleton Avenue.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/longest-serving-marine-retires-after-43-years-of-service-1.447605
