Overview of the Edward Nelson Bewley letters

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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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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edward Nelson Bewley letters, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

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

box 1

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