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Mowen, Howard A. (Howard Alden), 1922-2009

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 21 August 1922 - 18 January 2009

biographical statement

Dr. Howard A. Mowen, professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University, was an accomplished scholar in Modern European and German history. Mowen joined the WMU faculty in 1949 and retired in 1982 after 32-1/2 years of service. Mowen served in Africa and Europe during WWII from 1942 to 1945, attached to the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment. He earned numerous medals and commendations and fought in some of the biggest operations of the war, including at Anzio, Ardennes, Salerno, Sicily, Normandy and Rhineland.

Citation:
Author: Jeanne Baron, WMU University Relations
Citation:
Howard A. Mowen : Obituary. Feb. 5, 2009 http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2009/02/015.html

Occupations

Found in 671 Collections and/or Records:

Kostowo, Winter 1941/42. Shooting a Saboteur (Russian) the "Coup de Grace", 1941/1942

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 67
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian saboteur being shot; Armed man shooting a hunched-over victim. Size: 31cm x 23cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941/1942
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 67

Kostowo, Winter 1941/42. Shooting a Saboteur (Russian) the "Coup de Grace", 1941/1942

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 65
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Armed man shooting a hunched over victim. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941/1942
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 65

Kriegs Weihnachten, 1941

 Item — Box 6: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865986], Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Magazine: A German Army photo book of the war in Poland. Illustrated: 32 pages. Size: 17cm x 24cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 6

Kriegsnotgeld der Stadt Schleswig; 50 Pfennig, 1918

 Item — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 2, page 20
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

Currency: in German. Size: 5.5cm x 7.5cm. Printed Value: 50 Pfennig

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 2, page 20

Landeshauptstadt Karlsruhe Gutschein Fünfhundert Mark, 1922-09-21

 Item — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 2, page 17
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Currency: in German. Size: 9cm x 15cm. Printed Value: 500 Marks

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-09-21
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 2, page 17

Livadia, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 210
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Palace of Grand Prince Dimitri, on a bluff. Size: 16cm x 12cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 210

Livadia, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 222
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A palace in Yalta. Size: 16cm x 12cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 222

Livadia, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 224
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Palace in Yalta. Size: 16cm x 12cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 224

Looking Through the Gun Sights

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 149
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Looking at a forest through gun scope. Size: 11cm x 8cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 149

May 1942. Russian Prisoners Cooking, 1942-05

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 50
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A Russian POWs sitting around a fire cooking a meal. Size: 33.4cm x 24cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-05
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 50

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