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Gallery is best known for his dramatic capture of a German submarine (U-505) on the high seas, the first such taking of an enemy vessel since the War of 1812, and for his forceful support of aircraft carriers after the war. He also is known for his success as a writer, and the best of his work makes up a significant part of this book--excerpts from magazine articles, short stories, and letters that are incorporated into this biography by two English professors who vividly portray the highly original man behind the deeds and the writings.
Readers will learn about each stage of Gallery's life, from his days at the Naval Academy when he called the Secretary of the Navy's son a draft dodger--and then knocked him out--to his humorous stories about navy life and his final essays and books on such controversial subjects as the Pueblo incident. They will also come to appreciate his public relations successes in getting U-505 moved to Chicago, in sponsoring baseball competitions, and in establishing the navy's steel band.
| "Admiral Dan": A Reminiscence | ix | |
| Introduction | xiii | |
| An Irish Childhood in Chicago | 1 | |
| One of the Great Names of the Navy | 10 | |
| Three Years at Annapolis | 13 | |
| Fighting the Secretary's Son | 23 | |
| Gallery as a Blackshoe | 26 | |
| Number One Turret on the USS Idaho | 37 | |
| From Pensacola to "The Gun Club" | 40 | |
| Hanging By His Toe | 59 | |
| Private Life | 61 | |
| Two Tough-Willed Irishmen | 64 | |
| Camp Kwitcherbelliakin | 77 | |
| From "Our Hot War for Iceland" | 86 | |
| Command of the USS Guadalcanal | 97 | |
| Attack on Panama | 105 | |
| "Away Boarders!" | 110 | |
| From "We Captured a German Sub" | 114 | |
| Gallery and "The Revolt of the Admirals" | 132 | |
| From "If This Be Treason--" | 152 | |
| Admiral at Sea | 158 | |
| From "Mediterranean Rescue" | 168 | |
| Admiral Ashore | 181 | |
| Little League in San Juan | 201 | |
| Autobiographer | 205 | |
| From "The Suicide of Cszhech" | 219 | |
| Fiction Writer | 233 | |
| "Water Shortage" | 247 | |
| Controversialist: Admiral Firecracker | 263 | |
| From "What Price Human Life?" | 280 | |
| Epilogue | 291 | |
| "St. Brendan's Day Eve" | 291 | |
| Notes | 305 | |
| Acknowledgments | 321 | |
| Index | 323 |
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Posted May 3, 2010
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having been absorbed by radm. daniel v gallery since i was in jr hs, i was pleased as punch to find messrs. gilliland & shenk and their fine work in print. having read 8 bells & alls well (adm. dans autobiography), i thought i knew the adm. well, even exchanging letters with him. with care for their subject, the authors have fleshed out the interesting and fun life that dan gallery led while in the navy and in retirement. i frequently compare him to fr. andy greeley (another chicagoan) as both men are very independent, bright and determined in two areas that generally do not brook characters of their sort (the church and the navy). anyone who has read u505, 8 bells, or clear the decks will get their freak on, gallery-wise. i am ordering a copy of shenk's new work based on adm. dan's journals from his european tour, titled "playship of the world". i anticipate a gangbusters read. for all who have visited u505 in chicago, these books lay bear the intricate soul of a fun, furious, fine gentleman who made history on land and sea (and air! how many folks do you know who fell out of a plane and wrote about it!).
enjoy!
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