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Title	John Reed, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, November 2, 2009: Saving the Legacy tape no. IA-18
Alternative Title	John Reed, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah
Creator	Reed, John, 1951-
Contributor	Worsencroft, John C., 1981-; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date	2009-11-02
Date Digital	2015-12-16
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Spatial Coverage	Kuwait; Iraq
Subject	Reed, John, 1951- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
Description	Transcript (58 pages) of an interview by John C. Worsencroft with John Reed on November 2, 2009. From tape number IA-18 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project
Collection Number and Name	Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010
Abstract	Reed (b. 1951) was born in San Antonio, Texas. He discusses his family and recalls his experiences at Occidental College during the Vietnam War, his feelings and thoughts about the war, and serving in the military. He joined the Army Reserves in 1982, drilling with a unit out of Santa Barbara, California, until his move to Inactive Reserves in 1995. In 2000, he and his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he returned to active status when he joined the 96th Regional Readiness Command at Fort Douglas as historian with the 96th Infantry Division Association. In April 2007 he was deployed to Iraq. He discusses the impact of his deployment on himself and his family. He received Military Transition Team Training (MITT) at Fort Riley. His unit arrived in-country in July. He served with the 104th Training command, working with the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-1), assisting with Iraqi reconstruction projects. He describes his activities, experiences and duties in Iraq, including his travel through the region with reconstructions inspectors to project sites. He was released from duty after nearly nine months of service in Iraq. He describes the thoughts, feelings, and challenges associated with his return home. John retired as a lieutenant colonel in the Army. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Utah. Interviewed by John C. Worsencroft. 58 pages.
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Genre	oral histories (literary works)
Format	application/pdf
Extent	58 pages
Language	eng
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Topic	Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Reference URL	https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2jng

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OCR Text	Show John Reed 2 R2 9 J W: Okay so this i first you're married and the beginning tage f y ur Iii t g th r but how do you reconcile in her eyes, because I'm sure you had to, how do you reconcile this leftie with this macho man that's constantly ... JR: Well, I think, what I've told her a couple of times, and she instinctively knows what I'm talking about, but just as spouses frequently refuse to stipulate to certain things that the other spouse is arguing, even while listening to the argument, I personally think I'm a much better man, person, male, because I've answered these basic questions about myself. I think that there are a lot of guys out there, white guys in particular, that are not ultimately secure in their masculinity, which then makes them really bad husbands and really bad parents, bad fathers. So my wife, I've said this a couple of times to her, "Look, it sucked. We got through it. I made a certain amount of money." I was making $20,000 a year as a Reservist; I made roughly three times my annual University income mobilized. She bristles when I say, "Look, we made all that money and we took the king's shilling. Now I have to serve." She doesn't believe in that, but she looks at me and she says, "I guess I understand what you're saying. You are the man that I'm now married to as a function of your services as a reservist and throughout your deployment." So she's not willing to sign a paper that says, "I understand. The whole thing was okay," but she understands that she didn't end up with a little weasel dick guy whose going to be going out on her because he's got to prove something to himself about his masculinity. She's a very wise woman that way. I think that's probably the Hegelian synthesis to that question. JCW: You talked a little bit about it, but you kind of brushed over this part, but I wonder if you could give me a better understanding of what that month was like before you 26
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