Gilly the Brave
Gilly wasn't born deaf. He had painful inner ear infections as a kid. These days, they wouldn't remove parts of his inner ear like they did then. My mom's oldest sister was a student nurse who helped operate on him, she felt bad about it later. He managed alright by reading lips and watching what other people did, so when he was drafted and everyone else was raising their right hand and wiggling their pointer finger, he d...
