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Hatherly Foster was credited with shooting down four enemy aircraft in air combat during World War II.

Fifteen planes of Torpedo Squadron 8 took off from the U.S.S. Hornet on June 4, carrying 30 officers and enlisted gunners. All were shot down…

Fifteen planes of Torpedo Squadron 8 took off from the U.S.S. Hornet on June 4, carrying 30 officers and enlisted gunners. All were shot down…

Carl Faires graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1932. He retired as a U.S. Navy Commander.

Lieutenant John Foote was subsequently lost and listed as Missing in Action following an engagement at Ormoc Bay on November 11, 1944.