[Milsurplus] David Kahn's "Seizing the Enigma"

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I remember reading several books written by ADM Gallery.  Most were, as the 
PBY anecdote indicates, Sea Stories.  But he also wrote an account of his North 
Atlantic experiences, which included the capture of the U-505.  
Unfortunately, I don't recall whether it was my book (in which case in that era probably 
paperback and long gone) or checked out of the local library.

In a message dated 12/17/2007 4:26:08 PM Central Standard Time, 
jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes: 
> I remember about 40 years ago I had a boss who mentioned one day
> that he had been reading some "sea stories" and I'm pretty sure
> he said the author was an Admiral Gallery, but I don't know if
> it was the same one.  These stories were mainly humorous, he said.
> 
> Something about a long flight in an old PBY, and the co-pilot was
> some old officer getting in his required flying hours.  The pilot
> went to the back of the plane and was sitting on the can while
> the plane flew between two cloud layers.  Then along came the Blue
> Angels flying upside down, and the old co-pilot took that to mean
> he was upside down and rolled the plane over

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