[Professional Engineer]

Struck down by the fusillade of bullets and having done his utmost against the enemy, in his final living moments, CDR Gilmore gave his last order to the officer of the deck, “Take her down.” The Growler dived; seriously damaged but under control, she was brought safely to port by her well-trained crew inspired by the courageous fighting spirit of their dead captain.

HOLY COW! I've not even heard of Gilmore before. What a sad state of education we have, when guys like this are ignored.

[snippy_about_it]

I've not even heard of Gilmore before.

Last year sometime while researching for a different subject I ran acrossed him and had him on my list of threads to do. Sam and I often find stories while researching "something else". I expect you find the same while looking for flag-o-gram material. That's part of what makes it fun!