NHF_WC_2014_Roderick_Gerald
2014 June 19
Gerry Roderick, shares the story of his father, Donald Roderick, who served in the Navy as a pilot in Alaska during World War II. D. Roderick enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was commissioned to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. As a pilot he flew a PBY Catalina and PV-1 Ventura. For his service, D. Roderick was awarded the World War II Victory Ribbon, American Campaign Ribbon, and the Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Ribbon.
Digital
English
26m 7s
Gerald Roderick, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland
Interview was recorded by Brady Townsend and Molli Cole for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American