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The Lady Gangster: A Sailor's Memoir

by Del Staecker · 2009

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The amazing story of the USS Fuller, The Lady Gangster, and her crew of wide-eyed recruits, many of whom were from Chicago, who were transformed into experienced Old Salts during some of the toughest battles in the Pacific during World War II.

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