Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was a troubled, but excellent American combat pilot. He was a usmc fighter ace during the Second ...

Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was a deeply flawed pilot whose temper and behavior nearly destroyed his career. After clashing ...

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP (384 pp.)—”Pappy” Boyingfon—Putnam ($4.50). “If this story were to have a moral, then I would say: ‘Just name a hero and I’ll prove he’s a bum.'” In this long, rambling ...

Perhaps the students had never heard of the Ofuna crouch. The guards made the prisoner put his hands over his head, bend into a crouch, then stand on the balls of his feet. After five minutes it was ...

On Dec. 4, 1912 in Coeur d'Alene, a hero was born. He was a young man of modest means who had his first airplane ride at 8 years of age with the legendary Clyde Pangborn; a young man who worked ...

"A chained animal just striding to get loose" -- "He was restless and lonesome" -- "This was real. This was war" -- "Only have to fight the Japs now" -- "I am going to save you guys" -- "We had pride; ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho Gregory "Pappy" Boyington’s last battle was tough, but he prevailed because fellow Marines had his back. A two-year fight to rename the airport in Boyington’s hometown in honor of ...

Gregory “Pappy” Boyington shined as a U.S. Marine fighter pilot during World War II, but out of the cockpit, he struggled with life. This biography, written by World War II Pacific theater expert John ...

When retired Air Force officer Greg Boyington Jr. decided to preserve some of his famous father's possessions, the choice of what to do with them was easy. He gave them to a squadron assigned to the ...

Gregory Burton Boyington III December 13, 1965 – May 3, 2014 Resident of Alameda Gregory Burton Boyington III died on May 3, 2014 in Oakland, CA. Born on December 13, 1965 in Mountain Home, Idaho, he ...