 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fowler akaberekerwa mudunhu reU.S. reFlorida muna 1948. Akapinda muchiuto muna 1968, mukati meHondo yeVietnam. Akapiwa basa rokuronda nzvimbo iri kure mu101st Airborne Division. Akashanda nzendo mbiri dzebasa, uye akatora chikamu muHondo yeHuế, Hondo yeHamburger Hill, uye Kurwisa kweTet. Fowler anotaura kuti akanyoresa rutivi nemhaka yokuti akanga akwezvwa nomusango rinogara richinaya mvura; achangopinda imomo, akanzwa kuti kwakapa chikonzero nokuda kwenyongano youpenyu hwake. Akatamira kuPeru muna 1994, uye akaramba achirarama upenyu hwake hwose musango. Akazviwanira chokurarama nacho somutungamiriri werenje, achigovera zvokudya kune avo vaida ruzivo rwomurenje rwakavakirwa pamano okupukunyuka. Mukudzidza kwake zvisikwa, akava nyanzvi yezvinokambaira. 