Love and Sacrifice

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MMImedia, LLC

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Love and Sacrifice is the never-before-told true story of a father and son killed in World War II. The reader follows the Reed family journey through the first half of the 20th century as they travel the country and globe in military service. Their stories are told through loving letters among family members, personal diaries, and the vivid recollections of wife and mother, Mildred Reed. The text is illustrated with more than 300 images interwoven to illuminate their experiences in full light.Mildred Boddy and Ollie Reed were born at the turn of the 20th century on the windblown prairies of northwestern Kansas. High school sweethearts, Ollie was offered the chance to attend West Point following graduation but decided to stay in Kansas to be near Mildred. Attending Kansas State University in the approach to WWI, Ollie joined the ROTC. As war grew closer, he left school to join the infantry and begin a lifelong military career.Mildred and Ollie soon married, but army duty often kept the couple apart. Mildred joined Ollie whenever should could, always aware that each station could be the last before he left for war.Ollie was not called for overseas service in the First World War making it possible for him to travel from his post at Camp Upton on Long Island to Connecticut in January 1919 for the birth of their son, Ollie W. Reed, Jr.Rising through the ranks from an enlisted private, Lt. Reed was called to Europeafter the war to serve in the Army of Occupation in the Rhineland with Mildred and Buddy joining as soon as they could.Returning to the U.S., a second son was born, Ted. Ollie remained in the Army through the inter-war years and led military science programs at Drexel University in Philadelphia and the Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri. The appointment to Wentworth was an honor, accepted especially on behalf of Buddy who had reached his teenage years. Ollie hoped that his eldest son would exceed his father's footsteps.Graduating from Wen

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