William Wallace Watson II was born into the Watson-French family—a family of brilliant and colorful characters. Virtually all branches of the family are of English and Scottish heritage. They all came together when Percy Watson met Clara French at Carleton College in 1899. Percy, a doctor, and Clara, a teacher, were missionaries in China for twenty-five years, where they raised five extraordinary children. This is the overview of the complex Watson-French family.
William Wallace Watson II (1911–1944), was a brilliant young lawyer with a bright future. He was born in China, and spoke Mandarin and became a naval intelligence officer during WWII. He was traveling to U.S. Embassy in Chunking, China in June 1944, when he was killed in a mystifying plane crash in southern China. This is his story.
P. Theodore (Ted) Watson was 26 when he served as doctor on a hospital ship during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This is a letter about his experiences, written on his ship a day after leaving the battle.
