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Remembering Torpedo Squadron 8
Remembering Torpedo Squadron 8
June 4, 1942: Torpedo Squadron 8, off the USS HORNET, attacked the Japanese carriers off Midway. Flying old, slow aircraft armed with defective torpedoes and lacking fighter cover, they were all shot down without inflicting any damage on the enemy. But by attracting the attention of the Japanese combat air patrol, their sacrifice made possible the success of the American dive bombers that arrived overhead minutes later, to devastate the Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu, bringing victory at Midway
| Lt. Commander John C. Waldron | KIA |
| Lt. Raymond A. Moore | KIA |
| Lt. James C. Owens | KIA |
| Lt.(jg) George M. Campbell | KIA |
| Lt.(jg) John P. Gray | KIA |
| Lt.(jg) Jeff D. Woodson | KIA |
| Ens. William W. Abercrombie | KIA |
| Ens. William W. Creamer | KIA |
| Ens. Harold J. Ellison | KIA |
| Ens. William R. Evans | KIA |
| Ens. George H. Gay | WIA |
| Ens. Henry R. Kenyon | KIA |
| Ens. Ulvert M. Moore | KIA |
| Ens. Grant W. Teats | KIA |
| Robert B. Miles, Aviation Pilot 1c | KIA |
| Horace F. Dobbs, Chief Radioman | KIA |
| Amelio Maffei, Radioman 1 | KIA |
| Tom H. Pettry, Radioman 1 | KIA |
| Otway D. Creasy, Jr. Radioman 2 | KIA |
| Ross H. Bibb, Jr., Radioman 2 | KIA |
| Darwin L. Clark, Radioman 2 | KIA |
| Ronald J. Fisher, Radioman 2 | KIA |
| Hollis Martin, Radioman 2 | KIA |
| Bernerd P. Phelps Radioman 2 | KIA |
| Aswell L. Picou, Seaman 2 | KIA |
| Francis S. Polston, Seaman 2 | KIA |
| Max A. Calkins, Radioman 3 | KIA |
| George A. Field, Radioman 3 | KIA |
| Robert K. Huntington, Radioman 3 | KIA |
| William F. Sawhill, Radioman 3 | KIA |
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