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James Reed collection, 1941-1949, April 30, 1998

 

Summary

Creator:
Reed, James, 1922-2012
Driest, Chester, 1920-1999
Extent:
1 folders
1 items Type 38 Japanese Rifle
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], James Reed collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-98-0694

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to James Reed who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Fighter Control Squadron during World War II in the Pacific Theater. The collection includes an oral history interview transcript of Reed and comrade Chester Driest where they discussed their experiences in the Pacific Theater. Both served as radio operators that directed Army Air Force planes with ground based radar. The men also recount a few experiences before deployment and experiences in local indigenous populations they encounterd on the islands.

Biographical / historical:

James Reed was born August 25, 1922 in Oklahoma City, OK. He was the son of William and Lela (Turner). He served in the U.S. Army during World War II having attained the rank of technical sergeant. Reed enlisted on January 3, 1942, at Oklahoma City, OK and was discharged on November 11, 1945, at Ft. Macarthur, CA. After the war, Reed worked at Purolator in Fayetteville, N.C., for three and a half years. He also lived in Jamestown, NY and retired from the management department of Blackstone Corporation, Jamestown, where he worked for 30 years. He was also a member of the Gowanda American Legion Post 409. Reed passed away on November 2, 2012, at the Lutheran Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Jamestown, N.Y. Reed was married to Dori M. Hill Reed

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], James Reed collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-98-0694

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA