TBF/TBM “Avenger” WWII U.S. Navy Carrier Torpedo-Bomber

12/26/2023 We spent the day at Patriots Point Charleston SC to visit the USS Yorktown CV-10 and USS Laffey DD-724 aka “The Ship That Would Not Die”. While on the hanger deck of the Yorktown, I was able to get up close to a TBF/TBM “Avenger” World War II Torpedo Bomber. My father Thomas J May served aboard the USS Tarawa CV-40 during WWII as an Aviation Machinist Mate attached to an “Avenger” Squadron. He was reactivated for the Korean War and served as a swimming instructor at Jacksonville Naval Air Station till the end of the war. Great Job Dad!!