ADVISORY/Photo World War I veteran Dorothy Kohlars is available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/News Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The photo is BW2 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wire's Web Site at http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.122999/bw2 Photo caption reads: SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 29, 1999 COLOR PHOTO: World War I veteran Dorothy Kohlars, 104, displays her honorary commission from The Retired Officers Association (TROA TROA The Retired Officers Association (now the Military Officers Association of America) TROA Truckee River Operating Agreement TROA Targeting and Ranking for Online Advertising (Yahoo) ). Kohlars, a former U.S. Army nurse, received the membership certificate at the Veterans Home of California-Barstow, where she has resided since July 1996. BLACK & WHITE PHOTO: World War I veteran Dorothy Leavett Kohlars (seated on saddle), a U.S. Army nurse, grasps the reins reins pl.n. The kidneys, loins, or lower back. to her horse while assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to the 10th Cavalry cavalry, a military force consisting of mounted troops trained to fight from horseback. Horseback riding probably evolved independently in the Eurasian steppes and the mountains above the Mesopotamian plain. By 1400 B.C. in Nogales Nogales (nōgä`lās), city (1990 pop. 19,489), Santa Cruz co., S Ariz. on the Mexican border with its adjacent city, Nogales (1990 pop. 105,873), Sonora, NW Mexico. There are copper, silver, and lead mines. , Texas, in 1919. An unidentified nurse holds the bridle. Kohlars, now 104, currently resides at the Veterans Home of California-Barstow. (Business Wire photo) CONTACT: California Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Steven J. Dakota, 916/653-2561 (steve.dakota@cdva.ca.gov), http://www.ns.net/cadva/ See Business Wire story 0082 (CA-DEPT-VET-AFFAIRS) for more information. |
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