Pearl Harbor survivor gets letter from top Navy admiral for his 104th birthday

Pearl Harbor survivor gets letter from top Navy admiral for his 104th birthday

Navy veteran Geb Galle survived Pearl Harbor and went on to take part in 19 campaigns in the Pacific during World War II. In 1942 alone, he watched B-25 bombers take off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet for the Doolittle Raid, and he later saved four other sailors from the cruiser USS Northampton before the ship sank, his daughter Lynda Palmer said. “One of the guys did thank him, but dad said he didn’t need thanks, it was just what you did …