[1] After completing his initial training, he served in the China Burma India Theater as a replacement soldier for Merrill's Marauders, leading supply trains of pack mules for troops that created roadblocks and other obstacles on the Burma Road to slow the retreating Imperial Japanese Army.
[1] After the war, Reed enrolled at the University of Vermont, and the advanced standing he received for credits earned while in the Army enabled him to graduate in three years.
[1] During Davis's second term (1971 to 1973), Reed served as the governor's counsel, a part-time position that enabled him to resume the private practice of law, first in Essex and later in Williston.
[1] Reed subsequently became general counsel for the G. S. Blodgett Oven Company, where he later became a vice president and member of the board of directors.
[1] In 1981, Blodgett purchased the J.C. Pitman & Sons company of Concord, New Hampshire, a manufacturer of fryers and other restaurant and institutional kitchen equipment.
[1] In 2006 his wife and he purchased a condominium in Barre in 2006, which became their primary residence, and enabled them to spend more time with their children and grandchildren.