What were the Top 5? However, Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) distinguished himself ...

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 ...

Marine Major Gregory Boyington had just shot down ... Joe Foss and World War I’s Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. “Pappy” Boyington stomped off the jungle-hemmed field, vowing that he and his ...

At week’s beginning Marine Major Gregory Boyington (TIME ... straight-shooting “Pappy” Boyington, who had built his “Black Sheep” into one of the best U.S. fighter squadrons) was ...