| Interviewee | REID, David (b. 1961) |
| Military Service | U.S. Navy OIF Verteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1673 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Childhood in Savannah, Georgia; education at Valdosta State College; acceptance to U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate school; training at Pensacola, Florida; 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. |
| Interviewer(s) | Jared Donnelly |
| Physical Description | 39 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
