NO RIGHT TO WIN
A CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH VETERANS OF
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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THE MIDWAY VETERANS OF NO RIGHT TO WIN:
CDR CLAYTON E. FISHER, USN-Retired
Left: Ensign
Clay Fisher (at left) with squadron mate Roy Gee, 1941. Right:
Fisher in 2005.
Clay
Fisher has been one of the Roundtable’s most prolific veteran
contributors. He flew with VB-8 aboard
USS Hornet in the BOM, and was group commander Stanhope Ring’s wingman
during the momentous first flight on 4 June 1942. Much of what the Roundtable has learned concerning the Hornet air
group at Midway and Santa Cruz, about Stanhope Ring and others in the air
group, and about flying the SBD Dauntless in combat has come from Clay.
Clay
finished WW2 as a flight instructor, then went on to fly F4U Corsairs in the
Korean War, including strikes against the infamous Bridges at Toko Ri. He retired from the Navy after a final tour
as executive officer of NAS Miramar in southern California. In 2009 his memoirs were published in Hooked:
Tales and Adventures of a Tailhook Warrior.
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