TORPEDO EIGHT
"No torpedo will be jettisoned unless the plane is shot up so badly it has to land in the water. If all planes are shot down except one during the approach, that plane will go on in and make a HIT."
--John C. Waldron

Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron and CRM(PA) Horace F. Dobbs departing USS Hornet--never to return--shortly after 0915, June 4, 1942.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PHOTO GALLERY
J.C. WALDRON'S "ADDENDA NO.2 TO TORPEDO ATTACK PLANS"
VT-8'S ATTACK ON SORYU
ORDEAL OF LIEUTENANT GEORGE H. GAY, JR.
ADDITIONAL VT-8 INFORMATION
A very special thanks goes out to Mark E. Horan for his kind permission to use
the color photos of VT-8 found within these pages. Taken from the Waldron family's copy of the film Torpedo Squadron 8, unauthorized use of these photos without the permission of Mr. Horan is strictly prohibited.

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