Elizabeth Hope to Venoy Reed, October, 1969

Elizabeth Hope to Venoy Reed, October, 1969

Letters

Reed, Elizabeth Hope, 1920-2016

Reed, Robert Venoy, 1915-1984

This postcard of October, 1969 is written by Elizabeth Reed to Venoy about her trip to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. 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) 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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2016-09-10

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2 pages(pages)

3.5" x 5.5"(dimension)

World War II in Southern Appalachia