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Lt.Jg EDGAR "BUDDY" GALVIN  - USN WWII
Long Range Aerial Navigator aboard B-24 Liberators
Anti-submarine Patrol, Dunkeswell Airfield, England

NAS Miami, Search for Flight 19

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This is Your Life: Edgar "Buddy" Galvin
A NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum Publication

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This book encompasses experiences that span almost a century in the life of Edgar "Buddy" Galvin. From notes and memory, Buddy reflects on the major highlights and lessons gleaned over that time. His story illuminates events in his lifetime; from his childhood growing up in Baltimore Maryland during Prohibition and the Great Depression, his long lasting affair with music, and his work as a 1st class ship-fitter where he witnessed the launching of the first Liberty ship the SS Patrick Henry. Buddy relates in an intimate fashion, his experience in the United States Navy as a Long Range Aerial Navigator. He completed 35 missions flying aboard B-24 Liberators while on anti-submarine patrol out of Dunkeswell, England. He also gives a personal account of his participation in the search for Flight 19, one of the great aviation mysteries. Buddy's life has been enriched with his travels around the world, family and friends, civic work, and his continuous commitment with volunteer efforts in the South Florida community. 



144 Pages
Softcover  & Hardcover Editions
160 Black & White images
6 inches wide x 9 tall

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1
-Family on Mother's Side
-Family on Father's Side
-Siblings and Birth
-Childhood Homes

Chapter 2
M u s i c


Chapter 3 
Neighborhood Friends and Playtime

Chapter 4
Memories of the Great Depression and Prohibition

Chapter 5 
-High School 
-Jobs and Post-High School

Chapter 6
-Work Leading Up to the Navy
-Boot Training to Hollywood 
-From Hollywood to England
-Missions in England

Chapter 7
-Background History of Flight 19
-Flight 19 Recollections



Chapter 8
“This is Your Life”

Chapter 9
-My Chinese Son
-The Story of My Invasion Into “American Territory”
-Part II: “I Have a Great American Friend” 
-Part III: “My Dream of Going to Study in the USA” 
-Part IV: “Revelation of My Failure to Go to the USA” 

Chapter 10
Volunteerism

Chapter 11
Travels Around the World

Chapter 12
Family Tree

Chapter 13
T r i v i a

Acknowledgments

Alphabetical Index
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Click on the following Articles to view
SunSentinel: Buddy Galvin

Buddy Galvin at First Honor Flight South Florida
SunSentinel: "He's the man who put Hollywood on aviation map" article

NBC 6 South Florida: Man, 92, Stays Fit With 90-Minute Workouts 3 Days a Week


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