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.
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- GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- GAY, SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY, DI
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
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. * lt gay battle of midway *
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.
Then-Ensign Gee Gay, U.
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
Narrative of events durg the Battle of Midway by Ens. Gee Gay -- sole survivor of VT-8 (Hor's torpedo bombers) * lt gay battle of midway *
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.
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. Gay, Jr.
Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospal wh a nurse and a py of the Honolulu Star-Bullet newspaper featurg acunts of the battle. 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. Battle of Midway: Ensign Gay, Oral History.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay. * lt gay battle of midway *
Litenant Gay scrib what he nsirs the Uned Stat' errors the Battle of Midway. Litenant Gay was born 8 March 1917, at Wa, Texas.
Litenant Gee Gay,. We are about to obta a narrative om Litenant Gee Gay, who, as Ensign Gay, was the sole survivor of Torpedo 8 at the Battle of Midway. Gay, do you md tellg a few of your early war experienc before the Battle of Midway?
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ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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., * lt 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.
GAY, SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY, DI
Meet Ts, the wife of Midway pilot Gee H. Gay. * lt gay battle of midway *
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. Gay, 77; Was Sole Survivor In a Midway Attack.
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.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
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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. Ensign Gay saw the U.
Wh knowledge of a large Japane vasn fleet movg towards Midway Island outnumberg the assembled Amerin naval force, Gay did not sleep well. The attack by VT-8 on the Japane rrier battle group that morng would be the first bat missn for the squadron, and the first time Gay or any of the squadron's ensign pilots had ever flown a missn - much ls wnsed a takeoff? Gay abandoned his ial torpedo n and began to manver his aircraft while his rear gunner/radman, Aviatn Radman Third Class Robert K.
30 liber mache gun, Gay fired at anythg that flew ont of him and managed to h and damage one Zero fighter until the gun jammed. Sudnly Gay felt somethg h his left arm, and found blood on his hand.
Genealogy for Ensign Gee H. Gay (1917 - 1994) fay tree on Geni, wh over 250 ln profil of anctors and livg relativ. * lt gay battle of midway *
Soon Huntgton lled over the ter that he was h and then the rad went silent; Gay was on his own.
In ls than 15 mut, enemy fighters had annihilated VT-8 except for Gay's aircraft. At a distance of 800 yards om the ship, Gay dropped his torpedo and managed to hop his Devastator over the rrier.
Circlg back around, Gay found himself facg five Japane fighter plan. In an stant mache gun and nnon fire ripped to the torpedo bomber, woundg Gay.