Finding Aid for the Charles T. Bedell Second World War correspondence 2017.207.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
7/16/2018
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Charles T. Bedell Second World War correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.207.w.r
Physical Description:
.08 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1944 October 20 - 1945 March 27
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from Ens. Charles T. Bedell, USNR, to his friends John and Kay Miller during the Second
World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 21
Container: 2
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Barbara J. Miller-Krewson.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Ensign Charles Tilton Bedell, United States Naval Reserve (1/6/1919 - 3/3/2006) was born in Greenburgh, New York to John Alison
Bedell and Lilian B. Havens. He joined the Navy Reserve and lived in Dayton, Ohio working at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
and trained in 1944 in Hollywood, Florida as a radar operator. He was shipped out in 1945 on the USS Mississippi and later
returned after the war to Wright-Patterson and worked as a mechanical engineer. He married his wife Marguerite "Maggie" Louise
Fruent on November 27, 1943 and they had a son, John in 1949 and a daughter, Rebecca in 1952. Ens. Bedell passed away in
2006 in Orlando, FL. John lost his brother John on May 8, 1944 in the European theater.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Charles T. Bedell Second World War correspondence (2017.207.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder
This collection contains correspondence written by Ens. Charles T. Bedell, USNR to John W. Miller and his wife, Kay, during
the Second World War. Included are two letters, one V-Mail and a wedding invititaion. Ens. Bedell asks how things are back
home, gives some updates on his naval radar training in Florida and getting lost on the USS Mississippi when he ships out
in 1945. He asks John about his deferment, warning that if he doesn't get it taken care of he is "liable to be out here with
me."
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responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. -- Navy
Florida
United States -- Army -- Air Forces
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945)