George Gallagher of Englewood, Fla.. front right, is pictured with three of his buddies enjoying themselves in Honolulu during World War II. He served aboard a couple of submarines in the Pacific as machinist-mate. Photo provided

George Gallagher of Englewood, Fla. was serving aboard the USS Trutta, a Tench-Class submarine, as a motor machinist-mate 2nd/class when they picked up a downed P-51 Mustang fighter pilot who was shot down and adrift almost a week in a yellow life raft in the East China Sea. Read the rest of this entry »