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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 appeared in the documentary film Pappy Boyington Field (released in July 2010 on DVD) where he recounted his personal insights about the legendary Marine Corps aviator he portrayed in the television series. [34] [35] His last appearance on the radio show was July 18, 2019, and Mike Garey was his co-host.
In the documentary film Pappy Boyington Field, Robert Conrad shares personal insight about Pappy from their time together during the television series. The squadron has many successful combat missions using their Vought F4U Corsair planes against the experienced Japanese pilots using their Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter planes.
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 ...
Lawrence Francis Manetti (born July 23, 1947), [1] known as Larry Manetti, is an American actor known for his role as Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright on the CBS television series Magnum, P.I.
At the cost of his own life, his ship, and much of his crew, they helped to inflict the amazing defeat on the enemy battleships and cruisers by a far inferior American force. John N. Reese, Jr. * Army: Private First Class: World War II: Paco Railroad Station, Manila, Philippines: February 9, 1945
Black Sheep: The Life of Pappy Boyington. Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, 2013. ISBN 9781591149804 OCLC 854618214; For Crew and Country: The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013. ISBN 9780312681890 OCLC 795172343
Boyington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: William W. Boyington (1818–1898), U.S. architect; Pappy Boyington (1912–1988), U.S. fighter pilot of World War II; Jessica Boyington (born 1985), U.S. beauty queen