Gerald Baron in Conversation with Terry Crump

Join Gerald Baron in the Readings Gallery for an in-depth talk about his book, It Was My Turn: One of Vietnam's Most Decorated Pilots and America's Secret War, where special guest and the main subject of the book Terry Crump will be joining him!

It Was My Turn: One of Vietnam's Most Decorated Pilots and America's Secret War is the story of Bellingham's own Terry Crump who was awarded an unprecedented seven Distinguished Flying Crosses during his one year tour in Vietnam. This book puts you in the cockpit of a Cobra gunship as Terry and his fellow Pink Panther pilots fought to protect the lives of the Green Berets and their teams sent into the forbidden territory of Laos and Cambodia, most often against overwhelming enemy forces. The highly classified secret war of SOG, the so-called Studies and Observation Group, was finally revealed in the 1990s and has generated great public interest. This is the little known story of the war in the skies above the embattled Special Forces.

Gerald Baron is a retired businessman from Bellingham, founding and owning several businesses including Business Pulse, Baron & Company, a marketing a public relations firm, and PIER Systems. He also served as founding Executive Director of Whatcom Family Farmers and Save Family Farming. He has written several books including Now Is Too Late on crisis communication and A Fighter Pilot in Buchenwald, the Joe Moser story. He and his wife Lynne live in Mount Vernon.

Warrant Officer Terry Crump was a Cobra Gunship pilot who earned a near-unprecedented seven Flying Crosses in his one year tour in Vietnam. He was one of Vietnam's most decorated pilots.

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