Deletion of Allen B. Reed

Comment: The article has quite a lot of background material that is not about Reed and tends more to obscure him than enlighten us about his service. The article would be stronger if it was shorter in fact, but there is no doubt in my mind that he easily meets the . The senior commands he held, the Navy Cross, "Captain Reed Day" all help too. I don't believe WP:NOTMEMORIAL is intended for cases like this
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)