Who is Charles M. Galloway from Close Combat and what is their importance? Close_combat English & Literature Charles M. Galloway | Close Combat

Charley Gallloway is a twenty eight year old captain in the United States Marine Corps. He is a pilot who is on a secret mission at the opening of the book. He is nicknamed the Skipper or The Old Man and is rated as an instructor pilot. When he returns to Henderson Field, the plane is full of food and alcohol from Australia. Galloway often flies search missions in the area, usually with Pick. There squadron, the VMF-229 has been pulled from service and Galloway, Pick and Dunn go to Pearl Harbor on their way to Ewa to be refitted. They stop at the hospital and Galloway finds nurse Commander Kocharski whom he had been dating before they were both sent overseas. Galloway is ordered to work on the war bond campaign for ninety days. He isn't happy about it and wants to know how he can get out of it. He feels that it is more important to have his squadron refit than it is to sell bonds. He avoids reporting to Los Angeles for the war bonds assignment, staying in San Francisco for as long as possible. His old girlfriend, Carolyn Ward McNama has flown there to meet him. After the war bond tour, he returns to his unit overseas.