Personal narrative of Robert Venoy Reed

Personal narrative of Robert Venoy Reed

Reed, Robert Venoy, 1915-1984

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

This undated and untitled personal narrative is 6 handwritten legal size pages and gives a daily account of Robert Venoy Reed’s experiences in the European theater of war. 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, Robert Venoy, 1915-1984

Venoy and Elizabeth Reed Collection

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

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This transcription has been provided by WCU students Kris Fulp, Michelle Greener, and Samantha Randolph (MA English), whose annotated version is available at http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=21500

2016-09-10

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14.25" x 9"(dimension)

6 pages(pages)

World War II in Southern Appalachia