Narrative of events durg the Battle of Midway by Ens. Gee Gay -- sole survivor of VT-8 (Hor's torpedo bombers)
Contents:
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
- FAIR WDS & FOLLOWG SEAS LCDR GEE HENRY GAY, JR.
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
Meet Ts, the wife of Midway pilot Gee H. Gay. * ensign george gay book *
— “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.
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.
” After graduatg high school, Gay stayed the D.
FAIR WDS & FOLLOWG SEAS LCDR GEE HENRY GAY, JR.
An oral history om Lt. Gee Gay, the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 durg the Battle of Midway. * ensign george gay book *
Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospal, wh a nurse and a py of the Honolulu Star-Bullet newspaper featurg acunts of the battle.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
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Gee Gay, then an ensign, was a pilot assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8, which was tasked wh skg Japane vsels. Unr wherg enemy fire om mache guns and anti-aircraft batteri, Gay ntued to prs his attack on a Japane rrier.
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When Gay went to fire his torpedo for the first time his life, nothg happened. Gay quickly beme a celebry after his rcue. (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.
For Ensign Gee H. Gay, Jr. of Wa, Texas, the morng of June 4, 1942 began wh groggy trepidatn. Wh knowledge of a large Japane vasn fleet movg towards Midway Island outnumberg the assembled Amerin naval force, Gay did not sleep well., * ensign george gay book *
But Ts Gay said the first time she met her future hband, she had only a vague ia of who he was.
Genealogy for Ensign Gee H. Gay (1917 - 1994) fay tree on Geni, wh over 250 ln profil of anctors and livg relativ. * ensign george gay book *
“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. ’ I said ‘Who’s Gee Gay? ’” Lookg back, Ts Gay said she loved him om the start.
“Only Gee Gay was the type that uld do , though. ” They were married 1946 and lived Marietta while Gee Gay worked as a pta for Trans World Airl for over 30 years. Ts Gay said she remembers those years as some of the happit of her life.