Midway (2019) Brandon Sklenar as Gee 'Tex' Gay
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BRANDON SKLENAR: GEE 'TEX' GAY
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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.
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
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A One-Plane AttackGay began jkg his plane, si-slippg between the Zero’ mache-gun bursts, drawg ever closer to the neart rrier.
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.
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.