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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003

Creator

  • Interviewee: Reedle, Richard
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Morris, Cork
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Gary, Eunice
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2003-10-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content 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.
  • Physical Description: 10 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Navy
  • Keyword: USS McKean (APD-5)
  • Keyword: USS Preston (DD-795)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
  • Keyword: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 1st
  • Keyword: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 4th
  • Keyword: Kamikaze airplanes
  • Keyword: Typhoons

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003 - ark:/67531/metapth1608214

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH00994
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1604405
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