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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 .
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.
However, the Marine Corps credits Marine ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington with 28 American victories. This is due to Boyington's (22 Marine victories) wartime claim of 6 victories scored while serving with the Flying Tigers ( American Volunteer Group-AVG ) in China at the beginning of World War II, prior to him rejoining the Marine Corps; [ 55 ]
Pappy Daily (1902–1987), American country music record producer and entrepreneur Paul Gunn (1899–1957), American World War II naval aviator John C. Herbst (1909–1946), American flying ace in World War II
Gregory Boyington, checking out in Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk, P-8102, of the American Volunteer Group, at Kyedaw, Burma, overrevs the engine while recovering from a potential ground-loop upon landing, doing unsuspected internal damage to the Allison V-1710 engine. When pilot Jim Cross takes it up later in the morning, the engine throws a rod and ...
According to Bruce Gamble, in his book 'Black Sheep One, The Life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington', the nickname Rats came from his resemblance to character actor Gregory Ratoff.-- Scottdj1 ( talk ) 18:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) [ reply ]
"Bing Sheng 兵聖" (Chinese, literally "Soldier Saint") – Sun Wu, general, military strategist, and philosopher who served Wu in the Eastern Zhou period of ancient China "Birdy" – William Birdwood, British field marshal "Black Baron" – Michael Wittmann, German tank ace "Black Beast" – Mario Roatta, Italian general [18]
Thomas P. Barnett (1886) – Prominent architect and American impressionist painter.; Charles Bosseron Chambers (1882-1964) – painter, and illustrator.; Richard Dooling (B.A. 1976; J.D. 1987) – Lawyer and author of four novels: Critical Care; White Man's Grave; Brain Storm; Bet Your Life.
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