Bio: Duckett, Gerald A. – U.S.
Navy (Service Notes - 1976)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Duckett, Shanahan
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/12/1976
Duckett, Torpedoman’s Mate 2-c Gerald A. (Service Notes - 1976)
Torpedoman’s Mate 2-c Gerald A. Duckett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Duckett of
Rt. 1 Owen, is participating in “Operation 200” as a crewmember of the destroyer
USS Damato.
The operation consists of a complex series of fleet readiness exercises. Under
the overall direction of Vice Admiral John J. Shanahan, Commander of the U.S.
Second Fleet, the seven-week exercise involves more than 30 ships from the
Atlantic Fleet and includes Marine Cops landing forces plus Navy and Marine
Corps aviation units.
A former student of Sonoma Valley High School, Sonoma, Ca., Duckett joined the
Navy in December 1971. His ship is homeported at Newport, R.I.
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