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Title: Edward Nelson Bewley letters
Date (inclusive): 1940-1942
Collection Number: 90016
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to military life on air bases in the United States and the Philippine Islands during World War II. Includes later
letters to his mother from fellow officers, relating to their memories of E. N. Bewley as a prisoner in a Japanese prison
camp and to his death as a result of the torpedoing of a prison ship.
Creator:
Bewley, Edward Nelson, 1914-1944
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.
[Identification of item], Edward Nelson Bewley letters, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Captain, United States Army; member, 701st Ordnance Company (Aviation).
Scope and Content of Collection
Relates to military life on air bases in the United States and the Philippine Islands during World War II. Includes later
letters to his mother from fellow officers, relating to their memories of E. N. Bewley as a prisoner in a Japanese prison
camp and to his death as a result of the torpedoing of a prison ship.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
United States. Army. Ordnance Company, 701st