Soldier's son / Ben W. McClelland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClelland, Ben W., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of military personnel--United States--Biography.

Children of military personnel.

Soldiers--Family relationships--United States.

Soldiers.

Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography.

Prisoners of war.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.

World War, 1939-1945.

McClelland, Ben W., 1943-.

McClelland, Ben W.

McClelland, Ben W., 1943---Childhood and youth.

McClelland, Ben W., 1943---Family.

Mclelland, Ewing R., -1944.

Mclelland, Ewing R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Memoir ̈ World War II--> In December 1944 First Lieutenant Ewing R. ""Pete"" McClelland was captured in the Battle of the Bulge. Soon afterwards in an Allied air attack on the German POW camp where he was held, he was killed. Back home in Pennsylvania, his young widow and three small children survived him. Too young to have lasting recollections, Ben W. McClelland, the soldier's son who was just beyond infancy, became one of the war's fatherless innocents for whom the memories of others would form the paternal image. As the boy evolved into manhood,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Killed in Action; 2. ""Dad, It's Benny""; 3. Where I(t) Started; 4. The Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony; 5. The War Honor Roll; 6. Talking like Crocky; 7. Family Heritage Personified; 8. ""Get Some Black-Seeded Simpson for Us to Sow, Benny""; 9. A Cabin of Family Stories; 10. The One Who Called Me Bolo; 11. ""Let's Go to the Circus!""; 12. A Moment's Riches; 13. Pop; 14. ""Masontown Officer Killed in Germany""; 15. First Love; 16. ""Speak the Speech, I Pray Thee, Trippingly on Thy Tongue""; 17. If You Value Freedom, Seek Justice; 18. Grandma Wright

19. Split over the Vietnam War 20. Another Parade, Another War Memorial; 21. Learning More about Mom and Dad; 22. Pilgrimage; 23. Reaching a Milestone; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-70728-4

1-60473-052-8

1-4237-3210-3

OCLC:

818319013