The story was a staple during post-war gatherings in the Quincy neighborhood where the Gallagher clan relocated from Oakton Avenue in Dorchester. Deep Quincy rootsSullivan grew up in Quincy – first on Billings Road, then Squantum and later Merrymount. He says interviewing the surviving crew members shed light on the full John Gallagher story. “His family never knew what really happened to him in the war because he never talked about it," Sullivan said. … John Gallagher never had a family of his own and so each of us who came after him have always felt the responsibility to remember him.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 29, 2021 11:26 UTC