Commentary: Defense Leaders, Colleagues, Friends Honor Ken Bacon
Commentary: Defense Leaders, Colleagues, Friends Honor Ken Bacon
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2009 – Kenneth Hogate Bacon was a man of great integrity and humanity. He was first and foremost a newsman — endlessly inquisitive, continually seeking accuracy and clarity. He sought knowledge and truth. He upheld the public’s right to know.
Kenneth Hogate Bacon during a trip to Africa in 2003. The former assistant defense secretary for public affairs under former Secretaries William J. Perry and William S. Cohen died Aug. 15, 2009, of melanoma. Nearly 900 colleagues and friends attended a memorial service in his honor at Washington National Cathedral, Sept. 9, 2009. Photo courtesy of Refugees International
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