World War II Honoree

James David Reed

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Huntsville, Arkansas

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY AT SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS AND AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED DUTY AS CRYPTOGRAPHER; WAS STATIONED AT VARIOUS AIR FIELDS IN FRANCE - MORLAIX, SEDAN, LE HAVRE AND PARIS. AWARDED BATTLE STARS FOR NORTHERN FRANCE AND RHINELAND CAMPAIGNS. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION TROOPS AT SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY; RETURNED TO U.S. IN APRIL 1946 AND DISCHARGED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI.