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Admiral Dan Gallery: The Life and Wit of a Navy Original

by C. Herbert Gilliland, Robert Shenk, Daniel V. Gallery · 1999

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Best known for his dramatic capture of U-505, Gallery was a man of strong character and sharp wit who never shied from controversies during his brilliant naval career.

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medium · 332 pages

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