Horace B. Reed - Oral History
Channel: Albert Gore Research Center
Date: 13/06/2019

Horace B. Reed, Jr. served in the Army during World War Two. He is the son of Horace Beecher Reed and Marcus Carthron Reed of Etowah, Tennessee. In the interview, he recalls his father’s work during the Great Depression, his time at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he studied zoology and was part of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, his training at Fort McClellan and induction into the army at Fort Oglethorpe, his studies at Johns Hopkins University, his 84th Infantry Division assignment at Camp Clayburn in Louisiana, and his transport to and combat stint in Europe as a machine gunner. Reed concludes the interview by discussing his time at Middle Tennessee State University and his memories of running the Country Music Marathon with his wife.

This interview is part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Collection housed at the Albert Gore Research Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Please contact the Gore Center for the transcript file. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/