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On 1 February 1942, while Enterprise led an attack against the Japanese-held Marshall and Gilbert Islands, she came under attack from five Japanese bomber aircraft. All the bombers missed and turned away except one. The lead plane was badly damaged and suddenly turned back toward Enterprise. It became obvious that the bomber was going to try and crash into the Enterprise.
Seeing the bomber under continuous but seemingly ineffective fire, Petty Officer Gaido leaped out of the catwalk and climbed into the back seat of a parked Dauntless Dive Bomber. He swiveled the plane’s twin 30-caliber machine guns and opened fire. He poured accurate fire down into the low-flying bomber’s cockpit causing the pilot to lose control.
The bomber’s wing hit Gaido’s plane and sheared off its tail section only a few feet from where Gaido was standing. He continued his torrent of fire at the bomber even while it fell in flames into the sea missing the carrier by only a thin margin. Gaido then calmly grabbed the fire bottle from the SBD and extinguished a pool of flaming gasoline on the flight deck left over from the crashed bomber. Thereafter, he disappeared into the ship, worried that he would get in trouble for leaving his watch station.
Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, the task group commander, ordered that the unidentified gunner be found. A search party eventually located Gaido and brought him to the bridge, whereupon Halsey spot-promoted him to First Class, as everyone who observed the event credited Gaido with prompt action that prevented the Enterprise from being hit and possibly saved many lives. He was also awarded a SECNAV letter of Commendation.
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