Ewell Ross McCright, (4 December 1917 - 24 April 1990) of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas was a captain in the United States Air Force during World War II who was famous for maintaining secret journals detailing information about fellow prisoners of war while held captive in a German prison camp. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Benton is a city in and the County seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Saline County is a US county located in the US state of Arkansas. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For his actions, McCright was awarded the Legion of Merit posthumously in 2004. The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
McCright was a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was shot down over France on 23 January 1943. Bombardier is a rank used in Artillery units in the armies of Commonwealth countries instead of Corporal. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McCright was captured by German forces and taken to a German prisoner of war camp at Zagan, Poland. Żagań ( French and Sagan is a Town in western Poland, with 26665 inhabitants (2004 McCright remained a prisoner until 29 April 1945, when his camp was liberated by the Third United States Army under General George S. Patton. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army was a field army of the United States Army. For the 19th century Scottish jurist/politician see George Patton Lord Glenalmond.
During his captivity, McCright detailed the personal backgrounds and wartime injuries of 2,194 of his fellow prisoners in four journals, which he hid under the floorboards of the prisoner barracks. When he was transferred to another POW camp, McCright secretly carried the journals on a 34-mile forced march in place of food.
McCright's ledgers contained prisoner accounts of the gas chambers at Auschwitz and details of Nazi atrocities such as the use of dogs to attack prisoners and medical experiments conducted on the prisoners. "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German McCright's journals were presented as evidence before the allied war crimes trials at Nuremberg. War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied
The ledgers were published in 1994 by Arnold Wright of Benton, Arkansas under the title Behind the Wire: Stalag Luft III, South Compound. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Benton is a city in and the County seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States. McCright's work provided comfort for many families seeking information about the status of their loved ones.
In 2004, McCright was the first recipient of the Legion of Merit to receive the award for activities conducted while a prisoner of war. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding
McCright became an attorney after the war and served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1951 to 1953. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He died on 24 April 1990 at the age of seventy-two. He is buried at Salem Cemetery in Saline County. A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried.