Background
Kenneth K. Gowen was born on August 3, 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, where he spent his youth before enrolling the University of Tennessee and the United States Army.
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Kenneth K. Gowen attended the University of Tennessee.
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Kenneth K. Gowen attended the University of Mississippi.
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Purple Heart Medal
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Granddaddy, tell us about the War
https://www.amazon.com/Granddaddy-tell-about-War-experiences/dp/0966322223/?tag=2022091-20
1998
Kenneth K. Gowen
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Education
Kenneth K. Gowen attended the University of Tennessee and the University of Mississippi.
Career
Kenneth K. Gowen was summoned to the United States Army to serve in Africa and Europe in World War II in 1943-1946. After the war, he worked for International Harvester Co., Memphis, Tennessee, United States as a day work analyst and a design engineer for nearly thirty-five years.
Kenneth K. Gowen began sporadically writing memoirs of his tour of duty in World War II long before the book was published. After an early retirement, he began reviewing these writings to pass the time. With the encouragement of family members, Gowen began seriously researching his memoirs for documentation of locations, battles, and other events while in the European theater of operations. He then became obsessed with the desire to prove that he was capable of authoring a nonfiction book. Book Granddaddy, Tell about the War was released in 1998.
Gowen died aged 85 on March 29, 2010 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States.
Achievements
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Kenneth K. Gowen managed to successfully operate as a military associate during World War II. For his actions as a soldier, he received the Purple Heart medal, seven battle stars, and one arrowhead. In honor of his merits, he was buried on Veteran Eastover Memorial Cemetery in Oxford, Mississippi, United States.
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Quotations: “My primary motivation for writing is a desire to pass along my personal experiences, and the experiences of others, as unusual events affected our lives. I am influenced by an inner drive: an overwhelming desire to write. I start with an outline of high points, then fill in the details through the process of research and documentation."
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Kenneth K. Gowen married a secretary Dorothy Bennett on December 24, 1948. They had three children: Kenny, Philip, and Timothy.
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Contemporary Authors, Vol. 166
This volume of Contemporary Authors contains biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers.
1998
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Independent
