Soldier's Son

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SOLDIER'S son This page intentionally left blank SOLDIER'S BED III.fllCCLELLROD UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI Jackson son Publication of this book was made possible inpart through the support of the Lexington Foundation. www.upress.state.ms.us Designed by Todd Lape The UniversityPress of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright ©2004 by Ben W.McClelland All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 121110 09 08 0706 0504 4 3 2 1 oo Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McClelland, BenW, 1943Soldier 's son / BenW.McClelland. p. cm. ISBN 1-57806-625-5 (alk. paper) i. Mcdelland, BenW, 1943- 2. McClelland, BenW, 1943- —Childhood and youth. 3.McClelland, BenW, 1943 Family. 4. McClelland, Ewing R., d. 1944.5. Children of military personnel—United States—Biography. 6. Soldiers —United States—Family relationships. 7. Prisoners of war—Germany—Biography. 8.WorldWar, 1939-1945— Prisoners and prisons, German—Biography. I. Title. CT275.M46533A32004 94O.54'7243'o92—dc22 2003016332 British LibraryCataloging-in-Publication Data available To all of my family, those here and those gone before, especially my father, Swing Ray McClelland, my mother, Marianna Wright McClelland, my brother, Swing Richard McClelland, and my twin sister, Mary Jane McClelland Dooley What, after all is history if not the words handed down through remembrance and kindred blood? —WILLIE MORRIS Homecomings ...