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John Charles Waldron, Commanded Torpedo Squadron 8, where all 15 US Navy Torpedo bombers were shot down, with complete loss of crews, save one air crew member, who parachuted into the water and watched the catastrophe. ...From my Tribute..."The Price of Freedom, LaBelle Florida", authored by "Holistic Spot (deleted)"... "I still remember the Waldron Bros. and their Father who received the Black bordered letter from the US State Dept. nine months after their eldest was reported missing in action and believed deceased when John Charles Waldron their eldest had found Nagumo's fleet to begin the battle of Midway!!! He rode his Torpedo 8 down with canopy back, and standing up like he was on horseback according to the only survivor of that squadron he led!!! War is hell!!! [ I was only 2 3/4 years old!]" There are 10 million stories like this! My Uncle Joe Ziomek, Chicago, Illinois, was a Naval CB heavy equipment operator on Midway, clearing up the damage, repairing the runway, searching and saving lives under the devastating attack. My father, ironically, was a 1-striper Army enlisted on a hillside in Dutch Harbor, in the diversionary attack 1850 miles to the NorthEast which a few days later, commenced the main attack on Midway!

October 7 update: Devastating, Crushing patriotic advertising promo on new Midway documentary, almost gave me an emotional heart attack, showing actual veterans, ordinary military accomplishing super human patriotic sacrifices, ACADEMY AWARD LIFETHREATENING MOMENTS of their young lives...MIDWAY, it cant get any better than this simple promo! DEVASTATING wonderful! Duplicate commendation, most wonderful promo, so gut wrenching true!

Lamartine Varnedoe "Shorty" Lamar (March 28, 1896 - June 22, 1990), Naval Aviator No. 246. Here is his obituary from the Princeton Alumni Weekly: Lamartine Varnedoe Lamar ’18

"SHORTY" LAMAR DIED June 22, 1990, at his home in New Orleans. He was born Mar. 28, 1896, in Valdosta, Ga., and spent his youth in Pensacola, Fla. He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. He left Princeton in his junior year to become one of the early naval aviators. After the war he returned and graduated in 1919. He became an investment banker with the N.Y. firm of Harris, Forbes and Co. and moved to New Orleans to manage their office there. Eventually he cofounded his own firm, Lamar, Kingston and Labouisse, in Crescent City. At the outbreak of WWII, Shorty got back into Naval aviation and served on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. At his death at age 94 he was the second oldest living naval aviator in the United States. He was married to Stephanie Levert and is survived by one son, Albert '54, four grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Shorty had an amazing capacity for making lifelong friendships, and he was one of the most beloved members of our Class. We salute that grand gentleman' The Class of 1918

Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established on 11 October 1948 Japan surrendered 2 September 1945 aboard the USS Missouri to General Douglas MacArthur and others.

CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF-33_(1942–1945)

www.seaforces.org/usnair/VF/Fighter-Squadron-33.htm www.topedge.com/alley/squadron/lant/vf33hist.htm pacificwrecks.com/units/usn/vf-33.html www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/... Which resource is correct? Anyone can contribute to wikipedia, as I have, in the past to correct misinformation.

CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/... Would be the most trustworthy as they hold the official records for Naval Squadrons.