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Separation qualification record and honorable discharge for Robert Venoy Reed, 1945-10-12;

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  • SEPARATION QUALIFICATION RECORD SAVE THIS FORM. IT WILL NOT BE REPLACED IF LOST This record of job assignments and specia tion, information is taken from available Arm work experience is based on the individual's o representatives of schools or colleges, or use it training received in the Army is furnished to the soldier \vhen he leaves the service. In its prepara- records and supplemented by personal interview. The information about civilian education and n statements. The veteran may present this document to former employers, prospective employers, n any other way that may prove beneficial to him. . - REED, ROBERT 54 454 745 UNKNOWN 5. permanent MAILING ADDRESS (Street, City, County, Stale) SYLVA, JACKSON COUNTY, 28 May 15 LA QARDE GENERAL HOSPITAL EE. ORLEANS 12, LOUISIANA 3t 13 8 Pvt Tec 5 TEC 4 Medical Basic Tng.(5Bl) Surgical Technician (861] Medical Aidiaan (657, SUMMARY OF MILITARY OCCUPATIONS MEDICAL A1DMAN—Traveled with Infantry troops in combat. Administered medical care to personnel wounded in battle. Gave plasma, bandaged and treated wounds, gave morphine injections and other medications, in prisoner of war camp in Germany administered to a group of approximately 1400 men. Did all possible medical work under the most exacting and trying conditions, is thoroughly based in the techniques of medical aid. is form supersedes WD AGO Form 100,15 July 1944, which will n<
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  • These certificates of October 12, 1945 are the Separation Qualification Record and Honorable Discharge from the Army of the United States for Robert “Venoy” Reed. Reed entered the United States Army October, 1942 during World War II. He became a medic and landed in Normandy, France at the Omaha beachhead on June 16th, 1944 ten days after D-Day. Captured by German forces, Reed was a prisoner of war from January 19, 1945 to April 29, 1945. He returned to Jackson County, North Carolina and married Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hope (1920-2016) June 2, 1946.
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