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 the troubled ...

More about Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington. Born in Idaho, Boyington moved with his family to the logging town of St. Maries at age three. He lived there until age 12, according to the Associated Press.

Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington passed away from lung cancer on January 11, 1988, at age 75, in Fresno, California. I was 12 ...

On this day in aviation history, January 3, 1944, the US Marine Corps’ leading ace of WWII, Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, ...

Here is the unvarnished story of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, leader of the Black Sheep Squadron. Shot down on January 3, 1944, he spent 20 months as a Prisoner of War in Japan and was awarded the ...

Of all the American fighter pilots who emerged after WW II few remained in the public imagination more than Marine Corps Col. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington. This was due to the highly fictionalize ...

Who was the real Pappy Boyington - a fearless leader or a reckless fighter? The commander of the Black Sheep Squadron was one of WWII’s most famous aces, but his story is even crazier than you ...

Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington was a Marine Corps fighter pilot and the commanding officer of the VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific during World War II.

The USMC officially credits Boyington with twenty-eight air-to-air kills. However, not all of Pappy’s aerial victories were attained as an actively-serving Marine. Before becoming C.O. of the ...