Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003 Track: 1 of 1
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Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003 (Text)
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.
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Oral History Interview with Richard Reedle, October 11, 2003, audio recording, October 11, 2003; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1608214/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.