World War II Honoree

Robert Harvey Reed

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Tampa, Florida

Honored By

Alma B. Reed

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED SERVICE IN APRIL 1943 AS AN AVIATION CADET. STATIONED AT KESSLER FIELD, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI ON MAY 24, 1943. ASSIGNED TO COLLEGE TRAINING DETACHMENT, NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE IN JULY 1943. ASSIGNED JULY 1943 TO A COLLEGE TRAINING DETACHMENT AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE IN RALEIGH. VARIOUS STAGES OF SUBSEQUENT TRAINING WERE AT THESE BASES IN ALABAMA: MAXWELL FIELD AT MONTGOMERY; PRYOR FIELD AT DECATUR AND COURTLAND FIELD AT COURTLAND. HE QUALIFIED AS A COMMANDER OF THE B-24 AIRCRAFT AT THE 2115TH AIR FORCE BASE AT COURTLAND IN THE TRAINING PERIOD OF DECEMBER 10, 1944 TO MARCH 21, 1945. HE ALSO WAS QUALIFIED TO PILOT THE B-29 AIRCRAFT. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY ON JANUARY 5, 1946 AT SCOTT FIELD, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS WITH THE RANK OF 2ND LIEUTENANT. WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE AIR FORCE RESERVE AND RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE DENTAL SERVICE OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE MEDICAL CORPS WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.