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- GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
- GEE GAY JR.; SURVIVED BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- GAY, SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY, DI
GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
An oral history om Lt. Gee Gay, the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 durg the Battle of Midway. * george gay battle of midway *
Then-Ensign Gee Gay, U. 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.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
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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.
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
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., * george gay battle of midway *
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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 JR.; SURVIVED BATTLE OF MIDWAY
Narrative of events durg the Battle of Midway by Ens. Gee Gay -- sole survivor of VT-8 (Hor's torpedo bombers) * george gay battle of midway *
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. Gay?
GAY, SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY, DI
Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay. * george gay battle of midway *
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. Gay ma personal appearanc for the Navy, spreadg the news of the victory at Midway. 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.
Meet Ts, the wife of Midway pilot Gee H. Gay. * george gay battle of midway *
Gay toured the untry wh the film's stars, Charlton Hton and Henry Fonda, to promote the film.
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 battle of midway *
A native of Wa, Tex., he eventually moved to is survived by his wife, Esther Huffman Bevacqua Gay, and two stepchildren.
It has been 65 years sce the pivotal Battle of Midway changed the urse of World War II. Ensign Gee Gay flew a formatn of 15 torpedo bombers and watched as every other plane his squadron were shot down as they approached the Japane aircraft rriers. * george gay battle of midway *
Gay, 77; Was Sole Survivor In a Midway Attack.
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.