SIGNED Sole Survivor: Torpedo Squadron 8, Battle of Midway George Gay HC For Sale

Hardocver wtih dust jacket. Signed copy. 1979 printing. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards and binding in very good condition. Dust jacket shows wear. Please note detailed images of book being offered. We package and ship with care.
Book contains numerous black and white photographs. Ensign George \"Tex\" Gay Jr. was a 25-year-old Navy pilot. Mr. Gay flew one of the 15 TBD Douglas Devastator torpedo planes from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in an attack on Japanese warships near Midway Island on June 4, 1942. All the planes in his squadron were shot down, and he was the only one of 30 men in Torpedo Squadron 8 to survive. Historians have credited the attack by his squadron as clearing the way for an attack by American dive bombers that eventually resulted in victory in the battle. He died in October 1994.