Oral history interview with David Reid, 2007 December 10.

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Oral history interview with David Reid, 2007 December 10.

Interview with David Reid, an Navy veteran of the Iraqi War, concerning his childhood in Savannah, Ga.; education at Valdosta State College; acceptance to U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate school; training at Pensacola, Fla.; missions in North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean regions; assignment to Beeville Naval Air Station during Operation Desert Storm; monitoring missions during Bosnian conflict; deployments to Japan and to Turkey for Operation Northern Watch; decision to retire from active duty; civilian career with American Airlines and Lockheed Martin; work as a Navy reservist with a joint forces air component commander unit; deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, for Operation Iraqi Freedom; opinions regarding September 11 attacks and occupation and rebuilding of Iraq.

40 leaves ; 29 cm.

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