Creation Date

2003

Description

Date of Interview: 10/9/2003 Name: Ronald Gerdes Service: "Vest Pocket War" (In Taiwan Straits & the China Sea) US Navy Top Secret Operation. Duty: Radio Operator on a USS Destroyer World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War veteran interviews on VHS video tape. The veterans were interviewed by Burnside Pluckies 4-H Club in 2003-2004. Some of the people interviewed have since died.