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Gregory Boyington

Born

in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, The United States

December 04, 1912

Died

January 11, 1988

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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was the U.S. Marine Corps' top scoring fighter ace during the Second World War, scoring 28 victories in aerial combat. ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 3,300 ratings · 123 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Baa Baa Black Sheep 4.04 avg rating — 3,282 ratings — published 1958 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ace! A Marine Night-Fighter Pilot in World War II by R. Bruce Porter, Eric Hammel, Gregory Boyington (Introduction) 3.90 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tonya 3.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1960 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tonya 7th edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gregory Boyington (?)

“Show me a hero and I'll show you a bum.”
― Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, Baa Baa Black Sheep

tags: bums, heroes, marine-corps, marines, usmc

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“I was told by “Chesty” Puller* years ago, there is only a hairline’s difference between a Navy Cross and a general court-martial.”
― Gregory Boyington, Baa Baa Black Sheep: The True Story of the "Bad Boy" Hero of the Pacific Theatre and His Famous Black Sheep Squadron

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“But more than that, they give nobody else credit for knowing how to laugh, or even how to make up his own mind about his own things when these things happen to be bad. Those starved, ragged kids back in camp had more individuality than that. And because they had it, they are what Americans are supposed to be, and they are what I like to think REAL Americans still are: people who, through the years, were able to take it on the lam, laugh about it, then take it again—but always going forward on their own individual guts.”
― Gregory Boyington, Baa Baa Black Sheep

tags: americans, united-states-of-america

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