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BOOK REVIEW: The Lady Gangster – A Sailor’s Memoir

January 17, 2012AdminBook ReviewsFuller, Gangster, history, II, Lady, memoir, naval, navy, sailor, Staecker, USS, war, world, WWII

By Del Staecker, Cable Publishing, Brule, WI, (2009). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart The author is the son of Irvin H. Staecker who served on board the Lady Gangster from 1941 to 1945. The Lady Gangster was the crew’s name for USS Fuller (APA 6). The ship’s nickname developed from the fact that many of

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