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Robert J Mrazek's book "A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight" tells the story of VT-8 through interviews with surviving members, the official war record of the squadron and excerpts from letters written home by those who didn't make it.
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cover, and five of the Avengers were shot down, with only Ensign Albert K. Earnest and Radioman 2nd Class Harry Ferrier surviving, on a badly shot-up plane with damaged controls and landing gear, and a dead rear-gunner.
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Torpedo Eight earned two Presidential Unit Citations: one for Midway and one for Guadalcanal. Its members also earned more than fifty medals for valor in combat.
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to participate in the battle. These planes were the first Navy aircraft to attack the Japanese fleet that day. They attacked without
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where they learned of the loss of their comrades. VT-8 was reconstituted with this detachment as nucleus and was reassigned to
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sailed to the Pacific, a detachment of the squadron under the command of Lieutenant Harold "Swede" Larsen remained in
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Standing (L-R): Owens, Ensign Fayle {transferred}; Waldron, R.A. Moore, U.M. Moore, Evans, Teats, Cambell.
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to the island. After leaving Guadalcanal and returning to the United States, the squadron was disbanded.
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Just prior to the Battle of Midway, the reconstituted VT-8 was the first squadron equipped with the new
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aircraft carriers. The squadron failed to damage any Japanese carriers or destroy enemy aircraft.
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when she was sent to reinforce the forces at Midway. They were later transferred to
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pays tribute to Torpedo 8, whose pilots he called "the soul of America in action."
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to receive the first shipment of the new aircraft. Larsen's detachment arrived at
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Kneeling (L-R): Ellison, Kenyon, Gray, sole survivor Gay, Woodson, Creamer, Miles
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Larsen's detachment of VT-8 that remained at Pearl Harbor was loaded aboard
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A new Torpedo Squadron 8 was established in 1943 as part of the new
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were attacked in October and November 1944. For this deployment on
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Ens. Gay (right), sole survivor of Devastator attack at Midway
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an altitude advantage. This decision was supported by Admiral
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
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The wrecked TBF of Ens. Earnest on Guadalcanal, November 1942
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between 12 June and 10 August 1944. VT-8 flew sorties in the
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at Pearl Harbor in January 1944. Here, VT-8 was assigned to
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VT-8's first and best-known combat mission came during the
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were attacked a month later. CVG-8 then took part in the
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VT-8 was the first squadron equipped with the new TBF-1
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VT-8's losses have been attributed to several causes.
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A second VT-8 was established in 1943, and served on
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Index

Torpedo Squadron 8

United States
United States Navy
Close air support
Air interdiction
World War II
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
Presidential Unit Citation
Attack
Douglas TBD Devastator
Grumman TBM Avenger
United States Navy
World War II
torpedo bombers
aircraft carrier
USS Hornet
commissioning
Battle of Midway
USS Saratoga
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
USS Bunker Hill
Battle of Midway
Douglas TBD Devastators
John C. Waldron
Imperial Japanese Navy
George Gay
Presidential Unit Citation

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