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- BRANDON SKLENAR: GEE 'TEX' GAY
- GEE H. GAY JR. (MIDWAY (2019))
- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
BRANDON SKLENAR: GEE 'TEX' GAY
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Ensign Gee Gay. I know where the Japs'll be, Mister Gay.
Gay wasn’t actually the squadron’s sole survivor, but he was as disputably brave as the two others om Torpedo Eight who survived the battle that day. Historians generally agree that the most ntemporaneo statements are the most reliable; therefore, this narrative of Gay’s actns and observatns on 4 June is drawn om the ial statements he ma to his rcuers and to the Navy shortly of VT-8’s Green PilotsThree days before the battle, Litenant Commanr John Waldron, the manr of Torpedo Eight, addrsed his pilots their ready room on board the Hor, ncludg at one pot, “You might want to tidy up your personal affairs and wre a letter home jt se some of don’t get back. The dwdlg formatn was still om the rriers when two Zero moved to attack Gay’s plane.
A One-Plane AttackGay began jkg his plane, si-slippg between the Zero’ mache-gun bursts, drawg ever closer to the neart rrier.
GEE H. GAY JR. (MIDWAY (2019))
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As Gay closed toward the rrier, she began swgg to starboard to avoid his torpedo. He was gog the elevators, Gay kept the Devastator’s nose up as the bomber dropped toward the sea.
Gay grabbed the black seat chn and held over his head, wag until the pilot fished his n.
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
Ensign Gee H. Gay Jr. was an officer of the U.S Navy. He was a Douglas TBD Devastator pilot Uned Stat Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operatg om the aircraft rrier USS Hor. He is a fictnal portrayal of the real Gee Henry Gay Jr. [1] * george tex gay midway movie *
From Rcue to NimzAll that day, Gay floated the sea. Gay spread his arms horizontally, which was the “roger” sign for beg okay. It was Admiral Chter Nimz, the Pacific Fleet Gay tried to e to attentn lyg down, Admiral Nimz said: “Relax son.
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He told Gay that people back home were qutng what the Navy had been dog sce Pearl Harbor.
After he appeared on the ver of Life, 20th Century Fox wanted to make a movie about San Diego, Gay set asi time to vis many of the widows and fiancé of the lost pilots. Admiral Nimz didn’t subscribe to the talk about Gay. There, he earned an Air Medal for his numero bat the war, Gay beme a mercial airle pilot and enjoyed an unblemished 30-year reer wh Trans World Airl.
View John Ford’s Torpedo Squadron 8, below:Sourc:Audrey Faye Ellison, Torpedo Squadron Eight widow, Gay, Actn Dispatch, 5 June 1942, RG 38, Natnal Archiv and Rerds Admistratn, College Park, MD (hereafter NARA), urty of John B. Gay, personal diary, Febary–June 1942, unpublished, posssn of the Gay Gay, Torpedo Squadron Eight Actn Report, 7 June 1942, RG 38, Gaynier, Torpedo Squadron Eight widow, thor Remiscenc of Rear Admiral Ernt M. Gee 'Tex' Gay.