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	Marine Corps Legacy Museum - * Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC
		Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, Marine Corps Ace credited with the destruction of 28 Japanese aircraft, was awarded the Medal of Honor "for extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty" while in command of a Marine Fighting Squadron in the Central Solomons Area from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944.
		Boyington was the tactical commander of the flight and arrived over Rabaul at eight o'clock in the morning.
		Colonel Boyington was retired from the Marine Corps on 1 August 1947 and, because he was specially commended for the performance of duty in actual combat, he was advanced to his final rank.
	www.mclm.com /tohonor/gboyington.html (1302 words)

	Colonel Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington: Medal of Honor Recipient
		Boyington chose the latter when he was offered a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces.
		Boyington had a run-in with this overweight officer during flight training in Pensacola and referred to him as "Col. Lard." The first thing Col. Lard did was to forbid Boyington to drink during the squadron's deployment to the forward combat area.
		During Boyington's leadership of VMF-214, the squadron was credited with 197 Japanese aircraft destroyed, probably destroyed, or damaged at the cost of 12 pilots missing in action.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Boyington.html (1570 words)

	Medal of Honor Recipients on Film: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
		Boyington struck at the enemy with daring and courageous persistence, leading his squadron into combat with devastating results to Japanese shipping, shore installations, and aerial forces.
		Boyington led a formation of 24 fighters over Kahili on 17 October and, persistently circling the airdrome where 60 hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly challenged the Japanese to send up planes.
		Boyington scored 22 kills during this period (the number 26 in the citation being a slight error) to add to the 6 he scored as a Flying Tiger for a total of 28.
	www.voicenet.com /~lpadilla/boyington.html (883 words)

	Colonel "Pappy" Boyington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"Pappy" as he was affectionately known by his men, was shot down on January 3, 1944 during a mission in which he and his wingman attacked a flight of 10 Japanese Zero's and were jumped by 20 more enemy fighters.
		At the end of the war in August of 1945, after Boyington's release, he was presented the Medal of Honor by President Truman.
		Pappy died January 11, 1988 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
	wilsonpress.com /bio.htm (281 words)

	Black Sheep Squadron and Pappy Boyington Books
		Hand-carved from mahogany and individually painted, this is a museum-quality reproduction of the plane flown by legendary WWII ace "Pappy" Boyington.
		Pappy Boyington and his fellow Black Sheep set a blistering pace of aeial victories against the cream of the enemy' air forces, the fearsome Zero pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		The real men of the Pappy Boyington's squadron tell their story of the World War II days, follows the men through their post-war years, and discusses their reaction to the TV series that was not-quite based on their lives.
	www.jodavidsmeyer.com /combat/bookstore/blacksheep.html (949 words)

	Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Marine Colonel "Pappy" Boyington is the greatest living ace in the Vought F4U Corsair and winner of the Medal of Honor.
		Boyington completed flight training the following year and flew with the Marine Corps until August 1941 when he resigned his commission to join the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in China.
		The AVG disbanded in July 1942, and Boyington was soon reinstated as a major in the Marine Corps.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/85bios/boying85.htm (443 words)

	Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - World War II Flying Ace
		As its leader, Boyington was a flamboyant commander, a darling of war reporters and a heavy drinker.
		Boyington died on Jan. 11, 1988, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
		Above all, in war or peace, Pappy Boyington was a fighter, whether against the Japanese over the Southwest Pacific or the alcoholism that stalked him throughout his life.
	www.medalofhonor.com /PappyBoyington.htm (4530 words)

	Museum of Flight
		Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was a legendary warrior, World War II hero, and one of the most colorful characters of WWII.
		Boyington got his first ride in an airplane when he was only six years old.
		Pappy Boyington, went through three incarnations, three entirely different units, that used the same squadron number.
	www.museumofflight.org /display.asp?Page=Boyington (1409 words)

	HD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Gregory Boyington was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on 4 December 1912.
		Maj Boyington was the tactical commander of the flight and arrived over Rabaul at eight o'clock in the morning.
		Lieutenant Colonel Boyington was retired from the Marine Corps on 1 August 1947 and, because he was specially commended for the performance of duty in actual combat, was advanced to his final rank of colonel.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Boyington_G.htm (1347 words)

	Pappy Boyington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boyington died of cancer on January 11, 1988 at the age of 75.
		Boyington apparently decided that the two pilots who flew top cover should not have shared in the bounty, though it was often the case that when a pilot was shot down victory credits were equally shared among all taking part in the raid.
		Boyington's total score recognized by the American Fighter Aces Association is 24: 2 with the AVG and 22 claimed with the Marine Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pappy_Boyington (3236 words)

	Major Gregory "Pappy Boyington", Marine Corps ACE
		"Pappy' was a hard drinking, womanizer, short tempered, incapable of handling his finances, his personal life, or even complying with his military commitments.
		Boyington, always a ladies man, continually mixed up with divorces and marriages, frequently drunk, always plagued with unpaid debts, became a PR liability to the Marine Corps.
		It ran for three years, however by portraying Boyington as a hero and the other pilots a bunch of misfits destroyed the friendship between him and many of the squadron veterans.
	www.b-29s-over-korea.com /pappyboyington/boyington.html (1017 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| Pappy Boyington: Interview with the U.S. World War II Ace
		U.S. Marine ace Pappy Boyington is as well known for his flamboyant personality as for his flying skills.
		Boyington's methods of circumventing rules and regulations as well as his often outrageous personal conduct often proved that he was, as he admitted in retrospect, his "own worst enemy."
		Boyington: We were from Idaho, but we moved to Okanogan, Wash., where my parents had an apple farm, when I was in junior high school.
	historynet.com /ahi/blpappyboyington (1307 words)

	Greg 'Pappy' Boyington in the AVG Flying Tigers
		In fact, Boyington seems to have been credited with only 1.5 planes destroyed on the ground at Chiang Mai, when Chennault or someone else decided that the credit should be shared equally among all 10 pilots who took part in that unfortunate raid, in which Jack Newkirk was killed and Mac McGarry taken prisoner.
		Boyington did not identify his recruiter, except to say that he was a retired captain and a veteran of the Lafayette Escadrille.
		Greg Boyington was one of three navy and marine aviators hired with the rank of flight leader, paying $675 a month and equivalent to captain.
	www.warbirdforum.com /gregboy.htm (1407 words)

	Michelle Malkin: THE FIGHT OVER PAPPY BOYINGTON
		The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school.
		Senate member Karl Smith amended the resolution to eliminate a clause that said Boyington "was credited with destroying 26 enemy aircraft, tying the record for most aircraft destroyed by a pilot in American Uniform," for which he was awarded the Navy Cross.
		A blogger who knew Boyington is livid, and shares his thoughts at Paradosis.
	michellemalkin.com /archives/004563.htm (629 words)

	Classic TV Shows - Baa Baa Black Sheep
		This is the story of Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington, who led VMF-214, a cracker jack bunch of World War II pilots who became known as the Black Sheep Squadron.
		While it is true that the real Boyington was a hard drinking, hard fighting renegade, some of the members of the real Squadron took exception to their TV portrayal as deadbeats.
		Boyington served in China as a member of the American Volunteer Group, the famed Flying Tigers.
	www.fiftiesweb.com /tv/black-sheep.htm (571 words)

	Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - Black Sheep Squadron C.O. USMC WWII
		Stories of Pappy Boyington are legion, many founded in fact, including how he led the legendary Black Sheep squadron, and how he served in China as a member of the American Volunteer Group, the famed Flying Tigers.
		Boyington claimed to have shot down six Japanese fighters, which would have made him one of the first American aces of the war.
		As the AVG paid for destroyed Japanes planes, on the ground or in the air, Boyington lobbied for his share of the Chiang Mai planes - 3.75, to be precise.
	www.acepilots.com /usmc_boyington.html (1951 words)

	Time of the Aces: Marine Pilots in the Solomons (The One and Only 'Pappy')
		Boyington finally telegrammed his qualifications to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, and as a result, found himself back in the Marine Corps on active duty as a Reserve major.
		Boyington and his squadron rampaged through the enemy formations, whether the Marine Corsairs were escorting bombers, or making pure fighter sweeps.
		Pappy and his wingman had been overwhelmed by a swarm of Zeros and had to bail out of their faltering Corsairs near Cape St. George on New Ireland.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003122-00/sec10.htm (2571 words)

	'Pappy' Boyington and the Student Senate
		Gregory Boyington, as anyone with access to Google can find out in about 30 seconds, was a World War II hero, a flying ace, the leader of the famed "Black Sheep Squadron," and a prisoner of war who endured months of torture at a Japanese prison camp.
		Still, the student senate rejected the resolution with a combination of ignorance, bigotry, arrogance and naiveté that should make any parent of a student there wonder exactly what their tuition payments are purchasing.
		Boyington was a Sioux Indian, and any student who bothered to look up one of the many photos of him available on the web would have had good reason to suspect that he was a Native American.
	www.ethicsscoreboard.com /list/boyington.html (858 words)

	Strait-talk: Northwest Coast Musings...: University of Washington: Medal of Honor winner need not apply
		Resolute in his efforts to inflict crippling damage on the enemy, Maj. Boyington led a formation of 24 fighters over Kahili on 17 October and, persistently circling the airdrome where 60 hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly challenged the Japanese to send up planes.
		It is deeply tragic that the University of Washington student government voted down a recent proposal to honor Medal of Honor recipient Gregory "Pappy" Boyington with a memorial on campus.
		Boyington personified courage under fire, and his leadership of the famous “Black Sheep” squadron is legend in Marine Corps history.
	www.strait-talk.com /2006/02/university-of-washington-medal-of.html (973 words)

	Coeur d'Alene Press - Local and National News - Kootenai County, Idaho
		Boyington was born in Coeur d'Alene and rode in his first airplane at age 6.
		Boyington was a flight instructor for six years before joining the Flying Tigers.
		Pappy Boyington will always be a hero to me and I am proud he is from St.Maries.
	www.cdapress.com /articles/2006/02/16/news/news03.txt (1065 words)

	TCS Daily - Man Without Honor
		He was dubbed Pappy by the younger pilots of his famed "Black Sheep" fighter squadron because of his "advanced" age.
		Pappy Boyington led by example in the air war over various Pacific islands.
		But Pappy survived the prison camp, was freed at the end of the war, and stood in the White House on October 5, 1945, still recovering from the physical and psychological effects of his imprisonment, as President Harry S Truman draped the nation's highest award for bravery around his neck.
	www.tcsdaily.com /article.aspx?id=021706H (963 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Students reject honor to 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' hero
		The resolution points out Boyington, a student at the UW from 1930-34, served as a combat pilot in the 1st Squadron, American Volunteer Group the "Flying Tigers of China" – and later as a Marine Corps combat pilot in charge of Marine Fighting Squadron 214, "The Black Sheep Squadron."
		Commenting on the decision, a blogger who says he met Boyington on numerous occasions at a museum and air show over the years noted the famous flyer "was no rich boy," having grown up in a struggling family in which he was forced to work hard to make it through school.
		Boyington wrote a book in 1958 that reached the best-seller list, "Baa Baa, Black Sheep." In 1976, he sold rights to Universal, which aired a TV series for two seasons of the same name.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48808 (652 words)

	Amazon.com: Baa Baa Black Sheep: Books: Gregory Pappy Boyington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		There is no doubt that Pappy Boyington was a man who really had "been there and done that." He was a Flying Tiger and an ace before WWII even began, recipient of the Medal of Honor, and a former Japanese "special captive".
		Pappy Boyington would be the first to point out his numerous flaws, (he points them out in the book ad nauseum...).
		Boyington is brutally candid about his own alcoholism in this book, plus he gives a lot more credit to Naval fliers saving his butt on at least one occaision than the "branch-o-centric" version of him as played by Conrad ever would have.
	www.amazon.com /Black-Sheep-Gregory-Pappy-Boyington/dp/0553263501 (2044 words)

	Pappy Boyington's Corsair
		Boyington's squadron, VMF-214, switched over to Corsairs before they started their September 1943 combat tour.
		In November 1943, Pappy was publicly credited with 20 aerial victories (his actual total was almost certainly less, but that's another story).
		In later years, Pappy stated that the name on the plane was Lulubelle.
	www.acepilots.com /usmc_boyington3.html (1596 words)

	TV ACRES: Military Shows > Black Sheep Squadron (Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington)>
		"Pappy" Boyington reported his mission progress to Colonel Lard, his commanding officer (an appropriate name for a fat head) and General Moore, a regional commander.
		Boyington earned the nickname "Pappy" because he was in his mid 30s and the "old man" in a group of much younger pilots.
		The nurses (Samantha, Nancy, Ellie and Susan) were nicknamed "Pappy's Lambs." Boyington's Bull Terrier dog ("Meatball") was the squadron's mascot.
	www.tvacres.com /military_blacksheep.htm (482 words)

	KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News Archive - UW Student Senate To Vote Again On Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kevin Cuba, the military curator at the Museum of Flight, says everything Boyington did was controversial: "He was haunted by his shortcomings most of his life.
		Boyington had a reputation of being a womanizer and a heavy drinker, but he was "a hell of a pilot."
		Perhaps it was Robert Conrad, not Pappy Boyington, that led one student to say there are enough statues to rich white men.
	www.komotv.com /news/story.asp?ID=41916 (490 words)

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