title: Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003
creator: Reedle, Richard
contributor: Morris, Cork
contributor: Gary, Eunice
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2003-10-11
language: English
description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview
 with Richard Reedle. Reedle joined the Navy in January 1942. He served as a
 boatswain’s mate on the USS McKean (APD-5). Reedle describes how his ship
 landed Marine Raiders throughout the Solomon Islands. He also discusses being
 critically hit by an aerial torpedo and being the last man off before it sank.
 Reedle then joined the crew of the USS Preston (DD-795) and became a captain
 of one of the five-inch guns. He describes providing gunnery support at
 Okinawa and screening carrier task groups. Reedle also discusses kamikaze
 attacks and going through a typhoon. He left the service in November 1945.
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Interviews
subject: Oral histories
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Autobiographies
subject: Biographies
subject: WWII
subject: United States. Navy
subject: USS McKean (APD-5)
subject: USS Preston (DD-795)
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
subject: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 1st
subject: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 4th
subject: Kamikaze airplanes
subject: Typhoons
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Text
format: 10 p.
format: Text
identifier: local-cont-no: OH00994
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1604405/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1604405