George h gay jr

George H. Gay, Jr. enlisted the U.S. Navy in After completion of flight training and receiving his commission in September of , Ensign Gay was assigned to Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8). On June 4th, , while operating from the carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Midway, his squadron was wiped.

For Ensign George H. Gay, Jr. of Waco, Texas, the morning of June 4, began with groggy trepidation. With knowledge of a large Japanese invasion fleet moving towards Midway Island outnumbering the.

Gay, George Henry, Jr. (–). George Henry Gay, Jr., was a United States Navy pilot who earned distinction as a member of Torpedo Squadron Eight at the battle of Midway during World War II.

Ensign George H. Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital with a nurse and a copy of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper featuring accounts of the battle. He was the only survivor of the June 4, Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) TBD torpedo plane attack on the Japanese carrier force.