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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.
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 logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
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In the late winter-early spring of 1956, Ryle was chosen by WKRC executives to host a children's show consisting mostly of cartoons; the show was initially going to be called Hi, Kids!, but then Ryle's military experience asserted itself, and when he started adding messages about river and boat safety, the producers decided to go with a riverboat setting which, with Cincinnati being right on ...
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Pappy is the nickname of: Pappy Boyington (1912–1988), American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II; Fred Coe (1914–1979), American television producer and director; Pappy Daily (1902–1987), American country music record producer and entrepreneur