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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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  • Ben Robertson (journalist)
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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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Birth Date
  • 1903-06-22(xsd:date)
death place
  • Lisbon, Portugal
Name
  • Ben Robertson
resting place
  • West View Cemetery, also known as Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, South Carolina
Alma mater
  • Clemson University, 1923, horticulture
Employer
  • Associated Press, United Press. New York Herald Tribune
Birth Place
  • Calhoun, now Clemson, South Carolina
death date
  • 1943-02-22(xsd:date)
Home Town
  • Clemson, South Carolina, Manhattan, New York
Occupation
  • Journalist, author, war correspondent
Birth name
  • 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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