"American journalist" . "2012-09-28Z"^^ . "Koehler, Jack"@en . "2012Z"^^ . "John \"Jack\" Koehler ( \u2013 September 28, 2012) was a German-born American journalist and executive for the Associated Press, who also served as the White House Communications Director in 1987 during the Reagan administration.Koehler was born Wolfgang Koehler in Dresden, Germany, but fled the city to escape the invasion of Soviet troops into Germany towards the end of World War II. He soon found a position as a German language interpreter for the United States Army when he was a teenager."@en .