Col. B. L. Howze jr., native of 
[Washington and 
[staff for the Caribbean command,! 
U. S. Army, has 
been promoted 
to bri g a d i e r 
general, it was 
announced yes¬ 
terday. 
The officer at¬ 
tended high 
school here be- ;§p 
fore entering | 
the U. S. mili- 1 
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tary academy, | 
from which he ^ 
was graduated * 
as a second 
lieu tenant in ; ; 
1925. During 
World War II Oen. Howze 
he served with several armored 
divisions, was assigned to the na¬ 
tional war college in 1946, and 
was shifted to Panama in June, 
1949. 
He holds the silver star with 
oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit, 
the bronze star medal, the Legion 
of Honor of France, the Order 
of Leopold of Belgium, and the 
croix de guerre of both France 
and Belgium. 
