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[Identification of item], in the Charles Maurice Redfern Papers #05782, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Charles Redfern III in March 2018 (Acc. 103325) and July 2019 (Acc. 103651) .

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Revisions: Nancy Kaiser July 2019

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• Redfern, Charles Maurice, 1908-2002.
• United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 503rd.
• United States. Navy--Officers--Correspondence.
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Palau--Peleliu Island.
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

Charles Maurice "Tally" Redfern (1908-2002), of Monroe, N.C., was a white lieutenant in the Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 503 of the U.S. Navy from 1940 to 1945. He was stationed at Peleliu Island in the South Pacific during World War II. Redfern played football at the University of North Carolina and later became an educator.

The Charles Maurice Redfern Papers document a white U.S. Navy lieutenant's experiences while stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. The collection consists chiefly of letters, 1943-1945, written multiple times a week to his wife Patty Redfern. His letters include routine news and sentiments of the day and inquiries about life back home. Also included are a scrapbook with postcards, letters, photographs, and news clippings; snapshots of Redfern and others on and off duty at Peleliu Island; training and service records; a Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 503 yearbook with images of military crews at work and play; military unit newsletters and informal communications; an audio recording and a transcript of an interview of Redfern for a veteran's oral history project conducted by the Monroe Union Historic Properties Commission; and memorials, tributes, and clippings from 2002 about the life of Charles Maurice Redfern.

• Photographs (PF-05782/1)
• Oversize volume (SV-05782/1)
• Born digital audio (DF-05792/1)