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Photographer: Duane and Tracy Marsteller
Taken: November 6, 2021
Caption: And Then There Was War
Additional Description: Commissioned by the Class of 1944 for its fiftieth anniversary, the Mell Hall Memorial was dedicated on Feb. 9, 1993. The project grew out of conversations that sculptor T.J. Dixon had with Clemson men who had served in World War II. “How can I make you understand?” said one veteran. “We were boys, mere boys, and then there was war and half of us were dead or wounded.” Together with James Nelson, Dixon captured this life-changing experience by depicting a carefree student sitting back-to-back with a weary soldier version of himself. Beneath the men, on either side of the veteran’s haunting words, are two plaques listing the fifty-three names of members of the Class of 1944 who were killed in the war. — Clemson University
Submitted: November 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p620461
File Size: 3.174 Megabytes

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