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NH 93595 Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) Pilots

Photo #: NH 93595 Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) Pilots (Front row, kneeling, left to right): (Back row, standing, left to right):
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Description: (Complete caption) Photographed on board USS Hornet (CV-8), circa mid-May 1942, shortly before the Battle of Midway. They are Ensign Harold J. Ellison; Ensign Henry R. Kenyon; Ensign John P. Gray; Ensign George H. Gay, Jr.; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Jeff D. Woodson; Ensign William W. Creamer; Aviation Pilot First Class Robert B. Miles. Lieutenant James C. Owens, Jr.; Ensign E.L. Fayle; Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron, Squadron Commanding Officer; Lieutenant Raymond A. Moore; Ensign Ulvert M. Moore; Ensign William R. Evans; Ensign Grant W. Teats; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George M. Campbell. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Lieutenant Commander John Charles Waldron, USN, standing in front of a Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" of Torpedo Squadron Eight, circa 1942.

He is seen from mid-thigh up, wearing an aviator's helmet and pistol belt.



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