| 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 |
| Access Rights |
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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. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
58 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6vx2jng |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Iraq War (2003-2011) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035034 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2jng |
| Title |
Page 37 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1035011 |
| OCR Text |
Show John Reed 2 MB R2009 the twenty-year-old Marine, who either has a photograph of the pole dancer he married before he left, or a fold out from Hustler, but instead it was my daughter. It performed the same function: it kept me rooted enough in my past that I could smile and think, oh, God, what a great kid I have. But it didn't make me think, oh, what a great kid I have and what if the C-130 to Mosul crashes tomorrow. It kept me just at the right pitch of being connected and being disconnected at the same time. I think that's essential and I think it's tough for a twenty year old guy. I think it's a lot easier for a guy in his fifties. I think you have a lot more command over your emotions, simply because you're older. JCW: I wonder if by way of conclusion you could talk.about getting home and sticking yourself back in society after being ripped from it. JR: Well, I think that was pretty easy, and I think it was easy because again being old enough, I had sort of a kind of an offset observation point on myself. I was able to be myself and I was also able to watch myself. I knew that I hadn't seen enough shit to justify any funky behavior. My feet were all messed up. I had feet that were basically falling apart from heat. But, you know, okay, that's just a simple physical problem; you slap some stuff on and hope for the best. I came back with lower back problems because when I went down the central issue facility line in Fort Riley, I had a choice between getting medium or large body armor. The medium body armor would fit really tight, which is what a lot of the combat troops wanted because they didn't want to move really fast and have the body armor resist their movement. But if I took a medium it exposed my kidneys. They didn't have them in lengths. So I said, man, the purpose of this body armor is to protect me if I'm sitting in some shuttle bus and a big hunk of a 122mm rocket comes through the wall of the bus. So I got the large body armor. The problem 36 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2jng/1035011 |
