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Kenneth William Ken Hechler was an American politician and writer, A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia in the U, S. House of Representatives fromtoand was West Virginia Secretary of State fromto, Of German American descent, Hechler was born in Roslyn, New York, He held a BA from Swarth College, and an MA and PhD from Columbia University in history and government.
Hechler served on the faculty of Columbia University, Princeton University, and Barnard College in the years leading up to World War ll.
Hechler held a series of minor appointed positions in the federal civil service until he was drafted into the United States Army during World War II in July,.
After graduation from Ar Kenneth William "Ken" Hechler was an American politician and writer, A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia in the U, S. House of Representatives fromtoand was West Virginia Secretary of State fromto, Of German American descent, Hechler was born in Roslyn, New York, He held a BA from Swarth College, and an MA and PhD from Columbia University in history and government.
Hechler served on the faculty of Columbia University, Princeton University, and Barnard College in the years leading up to World
War ll.
Hechler held a series of minor appointed positions in the federal civil service until he was drafted into the United States Army during World War II in July,.
After graduation from Ard Force Officer Candidate School, he was assigned as a combat historian in the European Theater of Operations.
Hechler helped chronicle the liberation of France, theNormandy invasion, Battle of the Bulge, and entrance into Nazi Germany.
He was attached to theth Ard Division when an ard and infantry task force, part of Combat Command B, unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge spanning the Rhine river during the Battle of Remagen.
He interviewed both U. S. and German soldiers involved at the time, He was awarded a Bronze Star andbattle, He returned after the war twice to interview Germans who took part in the battle, He found Captain Willi Bratge, one of two officers who had not been executed at Hitler's orders because he had been captured, and spent a week with him in the Remagen area learning about details of the battle.
Inhe published the book The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March, which was adapted into a film in.
After the war he went on to serve as a U, S. Congressman from West Virginia fromand the West Virginia Secretary of State from, He was considered to be a Liberal Democrat, Ken Hechler passed away on December,at the age of, sitelink.