Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay.
Contents:
- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
- LITENANT COMMANR GEE GAY - VETERAN OF THE DAY
- GEE H. GAY, JR.
- GEE H. GAY JR.
- BOY GEE: ‘I WAS ABED EVERY DAY FOR BEG GAY THE 70S’
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
An oral history om Lt. Gee Gay, the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 durg the Battle of Midway. * lt george gay *
Rellectns of Litenant Gee Gay, USNR -- sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) -- scribg his experienc durg the Battle of Midway. Gay:. Gay?
LITENANT COMMANR GEE GAY - VETERAN OF THE DAY
Meet Ts, the wife of Midway pilot Gee H. Gay. * lt george gay *
Thank you very much Litenant Gay. Then-Ensign Gee Gay, U.
GEE H. GAY, JR.
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None of Torpedo 8’s 15 Devastators returned, and Gay was the sole survivor of all who took off that morng om Hor. Naval History and Herage Command, Gay remembers the Battle of Midway and his squadron. Gee Gay, USNR: Well, as you know Torpedo [Squadron] 8 was anized Norfolk [Virgia] and I thk you know the history of the [aircraft rrier USS] Hor [CV 8] and where we went and what we did.
Gay, Jr. Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospal wh a nurse and a py of the Honolulu Star-Bullet newspaper featurg acunts of the battle.
Gay’s book Sole Survivor dit that the date of this photograph is probably June 7, 1942, followg an operatn to repair his jured left hand and a meetg wh Adm. — “I really have had a good, good life, ” said Ts Gay on Sept. Gay held urt om her fy livg room chair wrapped a goln boa wh a matchg crown wh the number 100 on top.
GEE H. GAY JR.
Narrative of events durg the Battle of Midway by Ens. Gee Gay -- sole survivor of VT-8 (Hor's torpedo bombers) * lt george gay *
Gay is the widow of Gee Gay, a Navy pilot and rated hero of the Battle of Midway. Ts Gay grew up outsi Washgton, D.
BOY GEE: ‘I WAS ABED EVERY DAY FOR BEG GAY THE 70S’
Gee Gay, often referred to as the “sole survivor” of Torpedo Squadron 8, was born March 1917 Wa, Texas. After graduatg om high school, Gay attend Texas A&M Universy, studyg mechanil engeerg. In 1939, he planned on whdrawg om school to jo the Uned Stat Army Air * lt george gay *
” After graduatg high school, Gay stayed the D.
Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospal, wh a nurse and a py of the Honolulu Star-Bullet newspaper featurg acunts of the battle.
Gee Gay, then an ensign, was a pilot assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8, which was tasked wh skg Japane vsels.
Ensign (later Litenant Commanr) Gee Henry Gay Jr. (March 8, 1917–October 21, 1994) was a TBD Devastator pilot Uned Stat Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operatg om the USS Hor (CV-8) the Pacific Theater of Operatns durg World War II. Of the 30 VT-8 aircrew om Hor that... * lt george gay *
Unr wherg enemy fire om mache guns and anti-aircraft batteri, Gay ntued to prs his attack on a Japane rrier. When Gay went to fire his torpedo for the first time his life, nothg happened. Gay quickly beme a celebry after his rcue.
This page featur views of Gee H. Gay prr to and durg his Navy service. * lt george gay *
(See edor’s note below)Ts Gay and granddghter Terri French talk to fay members who uldn't e person by vio chat Marietta, Ga., on Sept. But Ts Gay said the first time she met her future hband, she had only a vague ia of who he was. “I was roomg wh this iend, Srlet, and she me home one night and she said ‘We’ve got an vatn to go to Gee Gay’s birthday party.