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

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

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557503370
• ISBN13: 9781557503374
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Admiral Dan Gallery - OLD SCHOOL, sailors sailor!

Suggested reading for all who have a high regard for the HONOR and VALUES of our forefathers! Captain John McCain NEVER would have graduated from Gallery's Annapolis and would have stayed married to his first wife after enjoying a lack luster but HONORABLE life as a hardware clerk.

Admiral Dan Remembered

This bio covered much of his early life, career and family that wasn't covered in Adm. Gallery's autobiography, Eight Bells. In writing about Adm. Dan's early life, Mr. Gilliand shows how he became the leader that he became. It delves into his defense of the post WWII navy against the politics of those who would have depleted our country of a means to secure the seas with anything less than nuclear deterance and how his continued defense of our Navy may have cost him further promotions. It touches on his struggle against alcoholism. Best of all, it shows how this hero handled the problems of his various commands in war and in peace. This was an excellent book.

THE STORY OF AN UNSUNG HERO

THIS BOOK HAS BEEN LONG AWAITED FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE FANS OF ADMIRAL DANIEL V. GALLERY. IT FILLS IN THE MISSING PIECES FROM THE ADMIRAL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY FROM SO MANY YEARS AGO, AND GIVES US A BETTER LOOK AT THE MAN I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE COME TO ADMIRE OVER THE YEARS. EXCELLENT READING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ENJOYED ANY OF ADMIRAL GALLERY'S BOOKS, BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU WHERE HIS INSPIRATION CAME FROM.