Benjamin Franklin Robertson, Jr. better known as Ben Robertson (1903–1943) was an American author, journalist and World War II war correspondent. He is best known for his memoir Red hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory first published in 1942 and still in print. He died in 1943 in a plane crash in Portugal. The SS Ben Robertson launched in Savannah, Georgia in 1944 was named for him.
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| - Benjamin Franklin Robertson, Jr. better known as Ben Robertson (1903–1943) was an American author, journalist and World War II war correspondent. He is best known for his memoir Red hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory first published in 1942 and still in print. He died in 1943 in a plane crash in Portugal. The SS Ben Robertson launched in Savannah, Georgia in 1944 was named for him.
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| - West View Cemetery, also known as Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, South Carolina
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Alma mater
| - Clemson University, 1923, horticulture
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| - Associated Press, United Press. New York Herald Tribune
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Birth Place
| - Calhoun, now Clemson, South Carolina
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| - Clemson, South Carolina, Manhattan, New York
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| - Journalist, author, war correspondent
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| - Benjamin Franklin Robertson, Jr.
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| - Benjamin Franklin Robertson, Jr. better known as Ben Robertson (1903–1943) was an American author, journalist and World War II war correspondent. He is best known for his memoir Red hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory first published in 1942 and still in print. He died in 1943 in a plane crash in Portugal. The SS Ben Robertson launched in Savannah, Georgia in 1944 was named for him.
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