Sgt. David Joseph Pruett is a winner of the Korean Masters Bowling Tournament held on the peninsula of the Republic of South Korea in the city of Seoul. Having qualified for the tournament through the Tongduchon bowling association, Sgt. Pruett, a medic for the 1/503 headquarters company, became the first American to win this tournament that has been held annually since 1971. Sgt. Pruett defeated Kyung-Soon Jung of the coastal city of Inchon. For his victory Sgt. Pruett received 11 million won which converts to about 5,500 US dollars. Sgt. Pruett plans on stopping in Las Vegas on his way back home to spend some of his tournament winnings. (This article is an excerpt from Stars and Stripes (Asia-Pacific region) dated February, 1998.