Taylor Riedel: Interview
- Date
2007-10-25
- Main contributor
Riedel, Taylor
- Summary
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Taylor Riedel, Army Air Corp, World War II (A&M Class of 1944) (Interviewed October 25, 2007) Taylor Riedel served in the US Army Air Corp and flew 35 missions in a B-17 Bomber. He grew up in Yorktown, Texas, He was called to active duty in 1943. In 1944, he started his service in England flying B-17 bombing runs mostly over Germany. On his 32nd mission, his plane was hit by 88 millimeter anti-aircraft fire. He was a Principal and Superintendent for the A&M Consolidated ISD for 19 years.
- Contributors
KAMU-TV (Television station : College Station, Tex.); Turbiville, Tom
- Genres
MovingImage; interview; Oral histories
- Subjects
Riedel, Taylor; Veterans--United States--Interviews; United States. Army. Air Corps; United States. Army. Air Corps; World War, 1939-1945; Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas--Alumni and alumnae
- Collection
Veterans of the Valley
- Unit
Collections
- Language
English
- Terms of Use
In copyright-educational use permitted; For more information, see http://rightsstatementsorg/vocab/InC-EDU/10/
- Notes
Items in this collection were donated to Cushing Memorial Library and Archives in 2017 by Tom Turbiville
Creation/Production Credits
From "Veterans of the Valley," a television series created by host Tom Turbiville and produced at KAMU-TV’s studio on the Texas A&M University, College Station campus
Local Note
reformatted digital
- Other Identifier
Catalog Key: 03-VOTV-Riedel_Taylor-video
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.