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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
• GEE GAY
• SOLE SURVIVOR TORPEDO SQUADRON EIGHT BATTLE OF MIDWAY GEE GAY SIGNED W/EXTRAS
• GEE H. GAY, JR.

GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK

Reviewed the Uned Stat ?? on July 20, 2021Gee Gay is unqutnably an Amerin hero.

Gay beme a celebry, but Earnt and Ferrier did not. Gay has a love/hate relatnship wh celebry, alternatg between relishg and spisg .

DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR

Gay, not jt a tellg of the Battle of Midway.

Reviewed the Uned Stat ?? on May 26, 2013The tobgraphil story of ENS Gee Gay, the sgle survivor among 16 US Navy torpedo bombers wh 3-person crews, attackg a Japane rrier durg the Battle of Midway, wily nsired the most nsequential Naval battle history. Reviewed the Uned Stat ?? on March 14, 2011My ed py was signed by Gay, fely a keeper.

GEE GAY

While other thors may disagree wh some of Gay's story, the fact remas that this is a facatg reuntg of a brave pilot's experienc as the last remag member of Waldron's VT-8 at the 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.

SOLE SURVIVOR TORPEDO SQUADRON EIGHT BATTLE OF MIDWAY GEE GAY SIGNED W/EXTRAS

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 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. 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.

GEE H. GAY, JR.

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. 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.