Background
Kahn, Sy Myron was born on September 15, 1924 in New York City. Son of Max Kahn, Sophie (Wagner) Kahn.
(This unique record of action in the Pacific is the person...)
This unique record of action in the Pacific is the personal journal of a young American soldier, Sy Kahn. Written under trying conditions and contrary to military regulations, the diary provided the writer both sanity and sanctuary - a foxhole of the mind - in an often violent, irrational world. A bookish nineteen-year-old who was the youngest soldier in his company, Kahn recorded in almost daily entries both the immediacy of danger and the tedium of relentless work, heat, humidity, and routine. His wartime odyssey took him to Australia, New Guinea, other South Pacific islands, and a D-day landing on Luzon. Surviving four campaigns and over 300 air attacks, Kahn and his company finally were sent to occupy Yokohama shortly after two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.
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Kahn, Sy Myron was born on September 15, 1924 in New York City. Son of Max Kahn, Sophie (Wagner) Kahn.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, 1948. Master of Arts, University Connecticut, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1957.
Professor English and drama University of Pacific, Stockton, California, 1963—1986. Executive director Fallon House Theatre, Columbia, California, 1970—1984. Visiting professor American Studies University Wales, Swansea, 1987, Swansea, 97.
Visiting professor theatre Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, 1987. Professor American Literature Fulbright Commission, Salonika, Greece, 1957—1958, Warsaw, 1966—1967, Vienna, 1970—1971, Porto, Portugal, 1985—1986. Corporal United States Army, 1943-1945, PTO.
(This unique record of action in the Pacific is the person...)
Member of Modern Language Association, Key City Players (vice president since 2000, president 2002-2003).
Married Marion Belefant, June 15, 1947 (divorced October 1, 1962). 1 child David Matthew. Married Nancy Dennis, April 20, 1963 (divorced April 20, 1979).
Married Janet Aline Baker, November 25, 2000.