Delaware’s Forgotten World War II Hero: Wilmer Earl Gallaher at Midway – Part IX – References
IX. References
1. Birth Record, City of Wilmington, Delaware, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1672/records/92130?tid=&pid=&queryId=d79004e1-7b9c-4ff6-a19d-30554b4f22e5&_phsrc=wot2042&_phstart=successSource; downloaded 10/27/25
2. 1910 and 1920 US Censuses, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/records/151702151, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/records/82134367, downloaded 10/27/25
3. The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), Tuesday, February 22, 1983, Page 6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/161114764/; downloaded September 12, 2025
4. The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), Tuesday, May 17, 1927, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/161095567/; downloaded October 22, 2025
5. Military Yearbook, USNA, 1931, https://www.fold3.com/image/705392397/1931-page-260-military-yearbooks, downloaded October 22, 2025
6. Kleiss, N. Jack “Dusty”, Never Call Me a Hero, Harper-Collins, 2017, page 79
7. USS Princeton Cruise Book, 1956; https://www.fold3.com/image/705055851/1956-page-255-us-navy-cruise-books-1918-2009; downloaded October 22, 2025
8. Florida Marriage Indices, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8784/records/505256; downloaded October 22, 2025
9. Virginia Divorce Records, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9280/records/1736099?tid=&pid=&queryId=10da401a-c585-4a94-a3d3-61b842fcfa68&_phsrc=wot2030&_phstart=successSource; downloaded October 22, 2025
10. World War II Database, Brosnahan, Jim, Interview with Earl Gallaher, 4 June 1992, https://ww2db.com/doc.php?q=403, downloaded October 22, 2025
11. Kleiss, page 141
12. Kleiss, page 155
13. Kleiss, page 136
14. Kleiss, page 165
15. Kleiss, photos
16. Heroes of the United States Naval Academy Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=658112123021241&set=pcb.658101846355602, Downloaded October 22, 2025
17. Simms, Brendan and McGregor, Steven, The Silver Waterfall, Public Affairs, 2022, pages 61-63
18. Battle of Midway, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway, downloaded October 24, 2025
19. Kleiss, page 177
20. Never Call Me a Hero Facebook Group, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2626684517432585&set=a.1034771733290546, downloaded October 22, 2025
21. Simms and McGregor, pages 156-157
22. Never Call Me a Hero Facebook Group,https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1645420755558971&set=a.1034771733290546; downloaded October 22, 2025
23. Simms and McGregor, pages 166-167
24 Kleiss, page 205
25. Kleiss, page 216-217
26. Kleiss, page 222
27. Never Call Me a Hero Facebook Group, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1571561606278220&set=a.1034771733290546, downloaded October 22, 2025
28. Hall of Valor by Military Times, Wilmer Earl Gallaher, https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient/recipient-21244/, downloaded October 24, 2025
29. The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), August 15, 1942, https://www.newspapers.com/image/160812364/, and August 14, 1942, https://www.newspapers.com/image/160812048/, both downloaded September 12, 2025
30. The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), Friday, 12 May 1944, https://www.newspapers.com/image/161809742/?match=1&terms=sharman, downloaded October 25, 2025
31. “Retired Rear Adm. W. Earl Gallaher Dies”, Washington Post, February 8, 1983, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/02/09/retired-rear-adm-w-earl-gallaher-dies/2fd0ba22-f8a1-43b7-a81d-3f78fe82718c/, downloaded October 24, 2025
32. NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14), https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/41/4114.htm, downloaded October 25, 2025
33. http://wings-aviation.ch/22-USNavy-Carrier/Fleet-Carrier/37/USS-Princeton.htm, downloaded October 25, 2025
34. Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5186/records/1398092?tid=&pid=&queryId=b5456866-b333-4548-9193-4fc7c6694d40&_phsrc=wot2034&_phstart=successSource, downloaded October 5, 2025
35. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98410255/wilmer-earl-gallaher, downloaded October 24, 2025
36. Kleiss, page 279-282
37. Simms and McGregor, epigraph
38. The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), Tuesday, February 8, 1983, https://www.newspapers.com/image/161752885, downloaded September 12, 2025
39. “About Major George S. Welch”, https://wel.crk12.org/about-cr/school-profile, downloaded October 28, 2025
40. School History, Robert S. Gallaher Elementary School, https://www.christinak12.org/Page/4977, downloaded October 27, 2025
41. Scouting Six Action Report-4-6 June 1942 (Contemporaneous), http://cns74238.hostwindsdns.com/ship/logs/action19420604-vs6.htm, downloaded October 28, 2025