F. E. Hope to Venoy Reed, September 2, 1942
Dublin Core
Title
F. E. Hope to Venoy Reed, September 2, 1942
Subject
Hope, F. E.
Letters
Reed, Robert Venoy, 1915-1984
Description
This greeting card of September 2, 1942 was sent by Mrs. F. E. Hope to Venoy Reed. 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.
Creator
Hope, F. E.
Source
Venoy and Elizabeth Reed Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1942-09-02
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
envelopes
letters (correspondence)
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
62483
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/62483
Date Created
2016-09-10
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;
Extent
3 pages(pages)
5.75" x 4.75"(dimension)
5" x 6"(dimension)
Is Part Of
World War II in Southern Appalachia
Collection
Citation
Hope, F. E., “F. E. Hope to Venoy Reed, September 2, 1942,” OAI, accessed June 9, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/62483.