Elizabeth Hope to Venoy Reed, April 15, 1945

Elizabeth Hope to Venoy Reed, April 15, 1945

Letters

Prisoners of war

Reed, Elizabeth Hope, 1920-2016

Reed, Robert Venoy, 1915-1984

Soldiers

Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence

World War, 1939-1945

This letter of April 15, 1945 is written by Elizabeth Hope on official prisoner of war post to Venoy. Venoy Reed entered the United States Army October, 1942 during World War II. He became a medic and landed in Normandy, France at the Omaha beachhead on June 16th, 1944 ten days after D-Day. Captured by German forces, Reed was a prisoner of war from January 19, 1945 to April 29, 1945. He returned to Jackson County, North Carolina and married Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hope (1920-2016) on June 2, 1946.

Reed, Elizabeth Hope, 1920-2016

Venoy and Elizabeth Reed Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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World War II in Southern Appalachia