Gee H. Gay Jr., a pilot who drifted the sea as one of the most important naval battl of World War II unfold around him, is ad at age 77. Gay died Friday of a heart attack at Kenntone Hospal.
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- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
- GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
- GEE GAY JR.; SURVIVED BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- GAY, SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY, DI
- GAY GEE
- WWII MIDWAY PILOT GEORGE GAY DIES
- GEE H. GAY JR.
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay. * george gay world war ii *
Ensign Gee Gay (Circled) would be the only survivor of his squadron’s attack on June 4, 1942. Gee Gay [right] and his radman/gunner, ARM3c Robert K. Ensign Gee Gay’s Story.
GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
Gee Gay Jr., 77, who beme a natnal hero as the only aviator of his 30-man squadron to survive the Battle of Midway World War II. * george gay world war ii *
Gay, Jr. Gay was the pilot of a Devastator torpedo bomber VT-8, and like every sgle man his squadron, he experienced the terror of beg shot down at sea. Gay sat there bobbg up and down the water, the middle of the Japane fleet, probably thkg his life was over, tryg sperately to hi unr his seat chn.
GEE GAY JR.; SURVIVED BATTLE OF MIDWAY
Gee Gay Jr., who beme a natnal hero as the only Amerin aviator to survive a World War II attack on Japane warships durg the Battle of Midway, has died Friday. * george gay world war ii *
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Gay, 77; Was Sole Survivor In a Midway Attack ADVERTISEMENTOct. Gay Jr., a pilot who was the only survivor of his torpedo squadron the battle of Midway, and who drifted the sea as the most important naval battle of World War II unfold around him, died on Friday at Kenntone Hospal here. Gay flew a Douglas Devastator torpedo plane an attack on Japane warships near Midway Island on June 4, the plan his squadron were shot down, and he was the only one of 30 men Torpedo Squadron 8 to survive.
Gay watched the Amerin dive bombers hurtle out of the clouds to attack Japane aircraft rriers and found himself "cheerg and hollerg wh every h.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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Gay ma personal appearanc for the Navy, spreadg the news of the victory at Midway.
GAY, SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY, DI
Gay R Gee Beme a Prisoner of War (POW) Durg Milary Service World War II. * george gay world war ii *
That victory -- achieved by an Amerin fleet wh only three heavy rriers agast four heavy Japane rriers and three light on -- was a turng pot the war that Gay was a Trans World Airl pilot for 30 years after the war. Gay toured the untry wh the film's stars, Charlton Hton and Henry Fonda, to promote the film. A native of Wa, Tex., he eventually moved to is survived by his wife, Esther Huffman Bevacqua Gay, and two stepchildren.
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Gay, 77; Was Sole Survivor In a Midway Attack.
Rellectns of Litenant Gee Gay, USNR -- sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) -- scribg his experienc durg the Battle of Midway. Gay:. Gay?
Thank you very much Litenant Gay.
WWII MIDWAY PILOT GEORGE GAY DIES
Ensign (later Litenant Commanr) Gee Henry Gay Jr. (March 8, 1917 – October 21, 1994) was a Douglas TBD Devastator pilot the Uned Stat Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operatg om the aircraft rrier USS Hor the Pacific Theater of Operatns durg World War II. Of the 30 VT-8 aircrew om Hor that participated the pivotal Battle of Midway, Ensign Gay was the sole survivor. Wikipedia * george gay world war ii *
Ensign Gee Gay, a pilot the U.
Acrdg to an NHHC blog post wrten by Blazich 2017, Gay (Brandon Sklenar) crash land the Pacific after a showdown wh five Japane fighters. Today, the khaki flyg jacket Gay wore durg his oral is on view the Amerin History Mm’s “Price of Freedom” exhibn. Gee Gay, the downed torpedo bomber memorialized at the Amerin History Mm, watched this cisive actn om the water.
Gee Gay's khaki flyg jacket is on view at the Smhsonian's Natnal Mm of Amerin History.
GEE H. GAY JR.
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Blazich cherish the fact that the mm has Gee Gay’s khaki flyg jacket on display. Gee Gay Jr., 77, who beme a natnal hero as the only aviator of his 30-man squadron to survive the Battle of Midway World War II. Gay, of Marietta, Ga., earned his place history by bobbg up and down the ocean for 30 hours as the battle that beme the turng pot of the war the Pacific raged around him on June 4, 1942.
Wound, and wearg a life jacket, Gay said he was “cheerg and hollerg wh every h. ” Gay later beme a spokman for Admiral Chter Nimz tellg the story of the U. Gay had asked that his ash be sttered over the Midway battle se so that he n rt wh his “buddi.
Gay (March 8, 1917 - October 21, 1994) at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospal talks wh a nurse while readg an acunt of his un the Honolulu Star-Bullet. Gay was only survivor of 30 men of Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) fifteen Douglas TBD-1 Devastators that flew om USS Hor (CV-8) on June 4, 1942 to attack Kido Butai (Japane rriers of the 1st Air Fleet) durg the Battle of Midway.