Reed Polhemus

Reed Polhemus died on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. He was born on Feb. 3, 1925 in Lamar, Colo.

Reed was the devoted husband of Mary and a loving dad, step-dad, granddad and great-granddad, friend, and pal to his faithful shadow, Proto. We’ll all greatly miss him and his delightful yarns.

In April, Reed was interviewed documenting his USAF service in WWII. The resulting tape as well as much of his memorabilia now resides in the California Military Museum, Old Sacramento State Historical Park, 1119 Second Street, Sacramento, Calif. and Library of Congress, History Project. For a copy of the two-hour D...