David E. Reed

David E. Reed

David E. Reed (1927-1990), was a Reader's Digest Roving Editor.

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Career

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Chicago at age 18 and began his journalism career with the Chicago City News Service. He later joined the Chicago Daily News.

Reed was a roving editor with Reader's Digest who reported from more than 100 countries and covered more than a dozen wars, including wars in Vietnam, Angola, Nicaragua, Cambodia, and many conflicts elsewhere in the world. Reed learned Swahili during a two year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs[1] to Kenya during the Mau Mau insurgency in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, he was a reporter for the U.S. News and World Report. He joined the Reader's Digest in the early 1960s and worked there for the remainder of his lifetime. He interviewed several United States presidents, including then president Richard Nixon at the White House in 1971: [2]. He was the author of 111 Days in Stanleyville, Harper & Row, NY, 1965 and Up Front in Vietnam, Funk & Wagnalls, NY, 1967. 111 Days in Stanleyville was reprinted as Save The Hostages, Bantam Books, NY, 1988.

Reed wrote 111 Days in Stanleyville after spending more than four years in Africa during seven trips there on writing assignments. He took a two-month overland trip across the continent, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. In 1960 he covered the independence push in Congo as a staff writer for the U.S. News and World Report magazine.

Reed wrote Up Front in Vietnam after spending months in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He travelled across Vietnam, criss-crossing back and forth in C-130 cargo planes, helicopters, trucks and jeeps. In the book, Reed wrote a series of sketches about what it was like to be up front with the soldiers in the combat zone in Vietnam.

In 1988, Reed received the Republic of China's International Communications Service award.

Reed was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame posthumously in 1992. [3]

Selection of Readers Digest Articles by David E. Reed

North America§ Sunken Treasure!, 12/1990 § Don Williams, An American Workers Comeback, 04/1986 § Chicago, Rowdy Crossroads of America, 1986: Intl § Robots March on U.S; Industry, 04/1985 § Of Tender Heart and Generous Spirit,” 03/1985 § Carlos Perez:Hero of the80s,” 09/1984 § The Yukon: River of the Midnight Sun, 07/1984 § Detroit Faces the Rising Sun: A New Day Dawns for the Motor City, 09/1983 § Jeanne Kirkpatrick: AmericasUndiplomaticAmbassador, 08/1982 § Search for the Missing Tomcat, 03/1977 § The Ohio ValleyAmericas Newest Industrial Empire, 12/1963

Latin America§ “Good Morning, Cuba”, 10/1988 § High Stakes in Nicaragua, 09/1987 § Can This Man Save the Panama Canal?, 01/1987 § El Salvador: Back from the Brink, 05/1985 § High Stakes in Central America, 08/1983 § Central Americas Beacon of Hope, 12/1981 § Haiti: A Nation in Agony, 10/1981 § Communisms Bold Grab for Central America, 12/1980 § Argentinas Appalling Reign of Terror, 06/1980 § The Man Who Defied Castro, 04/1980 § Nicaraguas Somoza: Dictator at Bay, 01/1979 § Should We Give Up the Panama Canal? 05/1976 § The Legendary Career of Juan Peron, 1975: Intl § Palenque: Mexicos Mysterious Lost City, 1974: Intl § The Night Managua Died, 05/1973 § Taps for Tupamaros, 11/1972 § The Last Days of Che Guevara, 04/1968 § Colossus of Rivers: The Amazon, 09/1963 § Cuba Revisited, 03/1961

Asia§ The Search for Billy, Continued, 02/1990 § South Korea: Going for the Gold, 09/1988 § Murder at 37,000 Feet, 05/1988 § Kidnapped by a Beloved Leader Comrade, 03/1987 § Asias Four Little Dragons, 09/1986 § Search for Billy, 06/1986 § Exclusive Interview with President Chiang Ching-Kuo, 1986: Intl § North Koreas Secret Invasion Tunnels, 03/1980 § Singapore: Jewel of Prosperity, 11/1979 § The Realities of Recognizing China: An Editorial, 02/1979 § South Korea and Its Strongmen, 09/1978 § Singapore: Asias Big New Success Story, 1978: Intl § Mission: Mine Haiphong!, 02/1973 § The Agony of East Pakistan, by D. Reed & John E. Franzier, 11/1971 § Russia Turns it Wheels, 09/1970 § Vietnamization: Can it Succeed?, 04/1970 § Countdown on Okinawa, 11/1969 § Ordeal at the Embassy, 09/1968 § Korea: The War That Never Ends, by, 06/1968 § Hill 488: A Fight to Remember, by, 05/1968 § Stand Firm in Vietnam!, 01/1968 § Up Front in Vietnam, 09/1967 § OurLimitedWar in the South China Sea, 04/1967 § Tunku Abdul Rahmans Malaysian Miracle, 02/1967 § How Firmness in Vietnam is Paying Off, 04/1966 § The Man for the Job in Vietnam, by D. Reed & John G. Hubbell, 01/1966 § We Must Stop Red ChinaNow!, 02/1965

Africa § Can Mandela and de Kerk Save South Africa?, 09/1990 § Do South African Sanctions Make Sense?, 02/1989 § South Africa, Glimmers of Hope?, 08/1987 § Can this Man Save Africa?: 05/1987 § South Africa: Will White Rule End?, 02/1986 § South Africas Champion of Nonviolence, 01/1983 § Africas Wildlife: Countdown to Zero, 07/1982 § Russias Ruthless Reach into Africa: 11/1977 § Time Runs Out for South Africa, 02/1977 § The Lingering Tragedy of Ethiopia, 09/1976 § Angolas Made in Moscow War, 06/1976 § The Rocky Road to Freedom, 01/1973 § The Tyrant Everybody Cultivates, 08/1972 § Comeback in the Congo,[disambiguation needed ] 04/1971 § A Nation is Dying!, 03/1969 § White vs. Black in Rhodesia, 10/1966 § Ghana: Communisms Major Defeat in Africa, 06/1966 § The Stanleyville Massacre, 09/1965 § Rhino!, 07/1965 § Ivory CoastAfricas Big Success Story, 01/1965 § Express to the Mountains of the Moon, 09/1964 § Ghana: Communisms New Foothold In Africa, 07/1964 § The Battle Against Sleeping Sickness, 07/1963 § Nigeria: Black Africas Brightest Hope, 03/1963 § Zanzibar: Laziest Place on Earth, 11/1962 § Africas River of Mystery, 09/1962 § Jomo Kenyatta: Africas Man of Mystery, 12/1961

Middle East § Should We Trust Yasir Arafat?, 09/1989 § Turmoil in the Holy Land, 11/1988 § The Unholy War Between Iran and Iraq, 08/1984 § Bethlehems Man in the Middle, 02/1984 § Jordans Indestructible King Hussein, 08/1981 § Qaddafi, Libyas Lord of Terror, 06/1981 § Russias Real Target: The Middle East Oil Fields, 07/1980 § Israels Menachem Begin; Key to Middle East Peace, 04/1978 § The Arch-Terrorist Who Went Scot-Free, 09/1977 § Syrias Assad: Pivotal New Force in the Middle East, 08/1976 § JerusalemToo Holy for its Own Good, 03/1975 § The Man Who Changed Middle Eastern History, 06/1974 § Qaddafi of Libya: The Big Question Mark in Oil, 11/1973 § Golda Meir: Israels Tough Grandmother-Prime Minister, 07/1971 § The FedayeenIsraels Fanatic Foe, 10/1970 § Bourguiba: Wise Voice in the Arab World, 06/1969

Europe § Maggie Thatcher:Shes All Backbone,” 11/1987 § Terror in Northern Ireland: The American Connection, 04/1983 § Northern Irelands Agony Without End, 01/1982 § East Germanys Sister Superspook, 12/1980 § First and Last of the Sports Cars, 1980: Intl § The ProfessionalsBritains New Army, 1980: Intl § What End to Ulsters Agony, 1979: Intl § A Kings Struggle for Democracy, 05/1979 § The Man Who Restored Democracy to Greece, 05/1978 § Britain Defends the Admirals Cup, 1977:Intl § East Germany: People for Sale, 10/1976 § Cyprus: Tiny Island, Big Uproar, 12/1975 § Whats Happening to Portugal? 10/1975 § Northern Irelandthe Endless War, 07/1975 § Front Line Ulster, 1975: Intl § Finland and its View of the World, 1975: Intl § Spain After FrancoWhat Will Happen?, 01/1975 § East Germany Comes in From the Cold, 03/1974 § Yugoslavia: Time Bomb in Europe, 04/1973 § Greece: Outcast of Europe, 07/1972 § Northern Irelands Bloody Impasse, 01/1972

Early Life & Family

David Reed, son of Frank and Helen Reed, was born in 1927 and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a successful Chicago real estate broker. His grandfather, Thomas A. Reed, had migrated to Chicago from central Pennsylvania and worked at the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition, also known as theChicago Worlds Fair.” He started a successful plastering and construction company at the Chicago World's Fair, now known as the Reed Illinois Corporation, [4] which still exists in Chicago to the present day.

One of Reeds 2nd great grandfathers: James Pettit (1777-1849), and his son Eber M. Pettit (1802-1885), operated a station on the Underground Railroad in New York state to assist escaping slaves from the South. Eber M. Pettit wroteSketches in the History of the Underground Railroad,” in 1879, which was reprinted in 1999. [5] Jonathan Pettit (1752-1833), Reed's 3rd great-grandfather, served as a Captain in the American Revolution in New York state. Reed was also related to the Adams presidential family.

David Reed was married to Marilyn "Mari" Mehoke-Chevalier, then of New York City, from 1961-1977, and had three children. He was married to Audrey Hamilton of Johannesburg, South Africa in the late 1970s. He married Irene Whitaker, then of Maryland, in 1988.

David Reed was an avid sailor. At different times while travelling the globe, he was based in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia.

References

  • The Washington Post, Obituary, 11/26/1990
  • The Washington Times, Obituary, 11/27/1990
  • The Chicago Tribune, Obituary, 12/2/1990
  • The Chicago Sun-Times, Obituary, 12/1/1990
  • Historical Dictionary of War Journalism, by Mitchel P. Roth, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1997, p. 250
  • Institute of Current World Affairs, selection of articles by David E. Reed: [6]
  • 111 Days in Stanleyville: ASIN: B0007E619I
  • Historical audio tape of radio interview: "How the Church is Surviving the Congo Crisis" about 111 Days in Stanleyville, 12/13/1965, Night Call Studio at WKNR - Dearborn, Michigan, General Commission on Archives & History, United Methodist Church, [7] [8]
  • References to 111 Days in Stanleyville in "Dragon Operations: Hostage Rescues in the Congo, 1964-65," by Major Thomas P. Odom, Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library: [9]
  • "Congo Tragedy Symbolizes Whites' Failure in Africa," by Dan Kurzman, The Washington Post, Jan. 6, 1966, Proquest Historical Newspapers, The Washington Post, pg A19.
  • Up Front in Vietnam: ASIN: B0007E0P3G
  • The Virtual Vietnam Archive: Up Front in Vietnam by David Reed. US Elite Forces - Vietnam US Infantry-Vietnam Valley of Peril by Alex McColl Valley of the Mekong by Matt J. Menger: [10]
  • Save the Hostages:ISBN 0553276050,ISBN 978-0553276053

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