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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross .
He also portrayed private investigator Tom Lopaka in Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963) and World War II ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978) [later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron]. In addition to acting, he was a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad.
I-181 (originally I-81) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she conducted two war patrols, rescued the United States Marine Corps ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, and took part in the New Guinea campaign before American warships sank her in January 1944.
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912–1988), World War II US Marine Corps fighter ace and commander of VMF-214, the "Black Sheep Squadron" (basis for the 1970s TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep) John D. Bulkeley (1911–1996), US Navy Admiral, received for his actions in the Pacific Theater during WWII.
There Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (Medal of Honor, Navy Cross) took command of the 27 pilots who became the original "Black Sheep" of VMF-214. Major Boyington had just returned from a year's tour in China as a member of the 1st American Volunteer Group , commonly called the Flying Tigers , where he was credited with downing multiple ...
The Bock Family Foundation, Inc. of Perry is accepting grant applications for its spring granting period. Projects funded must be located in Dallas County with preference given to the four ...
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington: American Volunteer Group, USMC 28 MOH, NC Top Marine ace in history. "Ace in a day" 16 September 1943. POW 3 January 1944 [109] Gerald F. Boyle USN 5.5 DFC (2) KIFA October 1944 [110] Jack T. Bradley: USAAF 15 DSC [111] John L. Bradley 5 SS [112] Arthur J. Brassfield USN 6.33 NC (2) [113] Richard L. Braun USMC 5 DFC ...
Connecticut is set to pay nearly $5.9 million to the family of a disabled man who was wrongly imprisoned in his 1992 murder conviction before he was freed in 2015.