- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ray Reed, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 2006 April 20
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2006-04-20
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Japan
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area
Japan--History--1912-1945 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ray Reed recounts his experiences in the United States Navy operating radio equipment on submarines in the Pacific. He was part of the silent services (submarines based in Guam) and assigned to missions on board the USS Sea Fox. His crew gathered information from Japanese prisoners on Mindoro Island. After V-J Day he was with Informational Naval Data (IND) updating information in the Japanese and China seas and on Russian ships and harbors. Funding for the SWGRL WWII Veterans Project provided by the Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust. Funding for digitization of the interviews provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- 31052006384915
https://youtu.be/2clEdTW81Ho - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_2cledtw81ho
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_2cledtw81ho
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Ray Reed
- Extent:
- 33 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
