Torpedo Squadron 8

Torpedo Squadron 8 Introductory scroll dedicates film to US Navy aviators & crewmen in Torpedo Squadron Eight who gave their lives during 04Jun42 battle near Midway Island in the Pacific. Aerial over sea, Task Force of battleships & carriers underway below. Planes warm up on carrier deck & aviators pose for camera. Two men cranking propeller. SBDs taxi w/ wings still folded; vars take offs. 16:30:29 ‘In Memoriam’ sequence: Servicemen's names appear, followed by shots of them posing in front of their planes, some being silly & painting faces on bombs. In turn: Lieutenant Commander John Charles Waldron and Horace Franklin Dobbs; Ensign Henry R. Kenyon, Jr. and Airman 2nd Class Darwin L. Clarke; Ensign E.L. Fayle and Airman 2nd Class Aswell L. Picou; Lieutenant Raymond A. Moore and Airman 1st Class Tom Hartsel Pettry; Ensign William Robinson Evans and Airman 3rd Class Ross Eugene Bibb; Lieutenant JG Jeff Davis Woodson and Airman 2nd Class Otway David Creasy, Jr.; Ensign William W. Creamer and Seaman 2nd Class Francis Samuel Polston; Lieutenant James Charles Owens, Jr. and Airman 1st Class Amelio Maffei; Ensign Ulvert Matthew Moore and Airman 3rd Class William F. Sawhill; Lieutenant JG George Marvin Campbell and Airman 2nd Class Ronald Joseph Fisher; Ensign John Porter Gray and Airman 3rd Class Max Arthur Calkin; Ensign G.H. Gay and Airman 3rd Class George Arthur Field; Ensign Grant W. Teats and Airman 2nd Class Hollis Martin; Ensign Harold John Ellison and Carneiro; Ensign William W. Abercrombie and Aviation Pilot Robert B. Miles; Airman 3rd Class Robert K. Huntington and Airman 2nd Class Bernard P. Phelps. 16:34:43 MS Chaplain at funeral services on deck of aircraft carrier; volley squad fires guns; bugler blows taps. WWII. Pacific War. Battle of Midway.