Chester W. Bailes papers
Scope and Contents
Chester W. Bailes served as a 4th Grade technician in the US Army 1st Armored Division during World War II. He was first sent to Ireland, before participating in the North Africa invasion, Sicily, and Anzio during the invasion of Italy, where he spent the rest of the war. His collection includes a few letters, publications relating to his unit written after the war, Time, Stars and Stripes, and Yank Magazines, as well as a number of pamphlets and military-published books relating to World War II.
Dates
- Created: 1942-2007
- Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1945
- Other: Date acquired: 08/07/2014
Creator
- Bailes, Chester W., 1915-2006 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical or Historical Information
Chester W. Bailes was born on September 11, 1915 in Sanford, Florida, though he spent most of his life in Kentucky. He married Georgia Line Bailes before the war. He served in the Army from 1940 to 1945. While in the Army, he served in Ireland, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He worked for Broadway Chevrolet in Grayson County, Kentucky before his retirement. He died at 90 years old on January 31, 2006.
Extent
1 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Source of Acquisition
Ralph O. Fullerton, Sr.
Method of Acquisition
Donation
- Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dublin (Ireland) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Magazine covers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Operation Torch, 1942 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stars and stripes Subject Source: Local sources
- Tank warfare--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 1st
- United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Yank Weekly Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Chester W. Bailes papers
- Author
- Allyson Gates
- Date
- 06/30/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
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