Bright A. Lowry and Rebecca S. Lowry Papers
Lowry saw combat in Germany during December 1944. Letter, 30 December 1944, reports that he had returned to Belgium to recuperate from an eye infection, a condition that later sent him to England for specialzed treatment. A letter of 4 March 1945 confirms that Lowry remained in Great Britain. Physicians sent back to the United States for treatment. He writes that he planned to retturn to South Carolina in February 1946. He never returned to the 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion.