R. A. "Ick" Reed, after the War, settled back in Dumas, TX. Sheriff Russell "Ick" Reed of Moore County from 1970 to 1976. . . . YES, R.A. was tall and thin, very tall and very thin and was referred to as "ICK" after Ichabod (and Katrina) Crane from Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman and all that….

RUSSELL A. ("Ick") Reed 1918 - 1978 ~~~ Sheriff R A (Ick) Ick Reed, Moore County, 1970 - 1976 - Veteran of WWII in the MTO. US Army Ordnance/Armanent.

Fina a Grave; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101258156

Ick's wife Frances; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52320548

During WWII, Sgt. Russell A. "Ick" Reed was in the US Army and served in the Mediterranean Theatre in Ordnance, assigned with his Army Supply Group to keep the B-25 Mitchell Medium Bombers well supplied with Bombs and Armaments for the 310th Bomb Group, the 428th Bomb Squadron of the 57th Bomb Wing. These B-25's were always at the "forward base" or front line of defense or the closest to the enemy and in the safest place from which to make the shortest distance to the AXIS Targets! The Combat Men and all personell were always on high-alert from an enemy attack or ambush.

Barbi Ennis Connolly; 57th BW Historical Researcher and 319th and 321st BG Historian ~ MY dad/321st BG, 447th BS, T/Sgt Edward C Ennis; Airborne RADAR/ Radio Operator/ Aerial Gunner. North Africa and Italy, 1943 - 44… PRINCESSBARBIB25@msn.com additions/corrections?_

1970-1976 R A "ICK" REED (Sheriff, Moore County, TX.)

Info, stories and pictures by Ick and Frances' proud son JIM (and Colleen) Reed of Grand Prarie, TX.

Russell A Reed