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06/26/07
Retired Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, who entered the Hospice of the Chesapeake on Saturday in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's' disease, is the subject of a new book titled "The Galloping Ghost." 
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Rear Admiral Eugene Bennett Fluckey is a former United States Navy submarine commander who received the Medal of Honor during World War II. As commanding officer of the submarine "Barb," shown in picture at top. Find Us On Facebook
"Let's gallop," the redheaded, freckle-faced commander would tell his crew when it was time to get his submarine moving.
And the Japanese called him "the ghost," because they didn't know where he came from or where he went. The holder of four Navy Crosses and the Medal of Honor, Adm. Fluckey, 93, an Annapolis resident, is the most decorated living American, according to his biographer, Pennsylvania journalist Carl LaVo. Of...
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