Index for

Series of Interviews with

Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery

U. S. Navy (Retired)

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ANTILLES DEFENSE COMMAND: one of three commands assumed by Gallery (1956), p. 176; p. 190.

AZORES: p. 75-6; p. 84.

BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS: p. 27; p. 30; p. 36.

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE: Gallery as officer in charge of aviation, p. 30; contracts for Norden Bomb sight, p. 31 - 34; expansion of the program, p. 35ff; Gallery’s tour of duty in London for the Bureau, p. 37-38.

BURKE, Admiral Arleigh: p.181.

CAPE CANAVERAL: Gallery member of committee to select the missile launching site, p. 135; p. 137.

CARIBBEAN SEA FRONTIER: Gal 1ery takes command on Dec. 6, 1956, p. 175 ff; also becomes Comdr. 10th

Naval District, p. 176.

CASALS, Pablo: p. 201-2.

CASTRO: incident involving kidnapping of thirty U. S. sailors returning in bus to Guantanamo, p. 179 ff.

SS CERAMIC: British passenger steamship, p. 84 ff.

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston: Visit to Puerto Rico, p. 182-4.

COLLIERS MAGAZINE: Gallery article on Unification and dismissal of Denfeld, p. 132.

COM CAR DIV SIX (1951): Gallery's flagship was CORAL SEA with Sixth Fleet, p, 155 ff; account of the search for missing fliers from the CORAL SEA, p. 158-162.

DANIELS, Worth Bagley: p. 8-12.

DONA FELICIA: Mayoress of San Juan, p. 185-6.

DOYLE, Admiral Austin K.: Commander, Naval Air Training, p. 173-4.

GALLERY, RADM Daniel V.: personal data, p. 1 - 3; father's decision to send 3 sons to Naval Academy, p. 3-4; Gallery's early duty assignments, p. 15-16; hisdecision to be an aviator, p. 20; makes flag rank, p.12 7; retirement for physical disability (1960), p.

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203; his career as a writer p. 206-212;

GALLERY MEMORANDUM: p. 141 ff; (see copy of Memorandum in appendix).

USS GUADALCANAL (CVE): Gallery goes to Oregon to commission Kaiser Class jeep carrier, p. 63 ff; simulated attack on Panama Canal, p. 72; episode involving German SS refueling off Azores, p. 75-6; night flying, p. 77-91; the provocation, p. 79 ff; U-515, p. 81 ff; U-68 p. 89 ff; p. 100; Gallery's final cruise on the GUADALCANAL, p. 121-2; U-505 her capture, p. 97 ff; p. 109 ff; p. Ill; postwar history of U-505, p. 115-121.

GUIDED MISSILES: Gallery becomes the first Assistant CNO for Guided Missiles, p. 128; p. 134-5; Gallery fires a V-2 off the MIDWAY, p. 135-9; the forerunner of POLARIS, p. 147-9.

USS HANCOCK - CV: Gallery takes command in Pacific (1945), p. 125-7.

HENCKE, Oberlieutenant Werner: skipper of U-515, p. 81 ff.

HUNTER-KILLER FORCE, ATLANTIC (1952): Gallery takes command, p. 162-4.

USS IDAHO: P. 18-21; p. 30.

ICELAND: Gallery becomes Commanding Officer, Fleet Air Base (Jan. 1942), p. 38 ff; duty on BPYs operating off Iceland, p. 40-1; radar equipment on PBYs p. 53 ff; Squadron bags its first German Submarine, p. 55 ff.

JOHNSON, The Hon. Louis: Sec-Def - tries to control writing of articles on unification, p. 129 ff; p. 142; p. 147.

KAISER CLASS CARRIERS: p. 64-5.

KING, Fleet Admiral E.J.: a student at Pensacola, p. 22-24; p. 124; p. 132-3; his letter to Gallery in approval of the article - "If This Be Treason", p, 209.

LITTLE LEAGUE: Gallery organizes LITTLE LEAGUE teams throughout Puerto Rico, p. 199-200.

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LOCH ERNE SEAPLANE BASE: Gallery becomes Commanding Officer (1941), p. 37.

MATTHEWS, Francis P. - Sec- Nav: his reaction to the Gallery article in Colliers - "If this be Treason", p. 132-4; his letter to Gallery, p. 208.

USS MISSION BAY - CVE: p. 72-3.

MUNOZ-MARIN, The Hon. Luis: Governor of Puerto Rico, p. 183; p. 186; p. 188-9.

MURMANSK CONVOYS: PQ 17, p. 47-50.

U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY: entrance to the Academy (Aug. 1917), p. 6-15; athletics, p. 7-14; summer cruises, p. 12.

NAVAL AIR RESERVE TRAINING COMMAND (1952-55): Gallery takes command at Glenview, Illinois, p. 165 ff; Gallery has temporary duty as Commander, 9th Naval District (simultaneously), p. 171-2.

NAVAL AVIATION: Gallery's first interest, p. 20; Pensacola, p. 21; duty with torpedo squadron (1927-8), p. 25-7; Gallery goes back to Pensacola as an instructor (1930-31), p. 27; Gallery spends three years in aviation ordnance, p. 28-29;

See also: entries under USS GUADALCANAL: LOCH ERNE: ICELAND: REYKJAVIK: COMCARDIV 6; NAVAL AIR RESERVE TRAINING.

NAVY LEAGUE: Chapter in San Juan flourished with Gallery, p. 190 ff.

NIXON, The Hon. Richard M.: As Vice President inspects Reserve Training Command at Santa Ana, p. 169-170; his visit to Venezuela (1957), p. 177-8.

NORDEN BOMB SIGHT: p. 31-34.

USS NORTON SOUND: converted to rocket launching ship for experimental purposes, p. 127; p. 151.

PEARSON, Drew: Prints the Gallery Memorandum on Unification and the Air Force, p. 142 ff.

PENSACOLA: see entries under: NAVAL AVIATION: ADMIRAL KING.

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USS PILLSBURY - DD: p. 98; p. 1OO,

USS PITTSBURG: Gallery has duty on her in the Mediterranean, p. 17-18.

POST GRADUATE SCHOOL: p. 28-9.

R.A.F. - Iceland: p. 42 ff; plan for attack on the German BB TIRPITZ, P. 59.

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND: Headquarters (1942-4) U. S. Navy Fleet Air Base, p. 41-63.

SATURDAY EVENING POST: Gallery writes for magazine, p. 130-1; hi s first story p. 206.

SEABEES: p. 42.

SEAPLANES: See entries under: LOCH ERNE: ICELAND.

SHERMAN, Admiral Forrest: hi s 1etter of admonition to Gallery for Col 1er article, p. 133-4.

STEEL BAND: Gallery imports steel drums for Navy Band in San Juan, p. 193 ff; visit to the World's Fair in Brussels, p. 196-7; the ensemble becomes known as ADMIRAL DAN'S PANDEMONIACS, p. 197; plays for Pablo Casals, p. 201-2; p. 204.

SUBMARINE WARFARE - Atlantic: p. 45 ff.

SULLIVAN, The Hon. John: Secretary of Navy - his reaction to the Gallery memorandum, p. 142-3.

TEL-AVIV: p. 160-2.

TENTH FLEET - SS DATA: p. 74-6.

BB TIRPITZ (German): p. 47-48; p. 58-9.

TORPEDOES: Gallery's description of their use in exercises of Torpedo Squadron (1927), p. 25-7.

TURKEY: USS PITTSBURGH at Constantinople in time of Kernel Ataturk, p. 17-18.

U-68 (German): p. 89 ff.

U-515 (German); p. 81 ff.

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U-505 (German): her capture, p. 97 ff; significance ofcapture of German code books, p. 109 ff; towed into Bermuda, p. I l l ; her post-war history, p. 115-121.

UNIFICATION: Gallery writes for SATURDAY EVENING POST on unification, p. 129 ff; the Gallery MEMORANDUM, p. 141 ff (see copy of Memo in Appendix).

VIEQUES: p. 187.

von BRAUN, Dr. Werner: p. 152.

VS SQUADRON FOUR: Gallery on duty with this Scouting Squadron on the LANGLEY, RANGER, SARATOGA 6ffd LEXINGTON, p. 29 ff.