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80-G-490443: Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC, 1945

80-G-490443: Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC, 1945. Boyington, a flying ace, who was reported missing for 16 months, as seen after his rescue from prison camp hospital at Omori near Tokyo. Shown: Commander Harold E. Stassen, right of the staff of Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, greets the Major. Boyington later received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war. Photograph dated August 29, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2015/11/10).
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Caption: 80-G-490443: Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC, 1945. Boyington, a flying ace, who was reported missing for 16 months, as seen after his rescue from prison camp hospital at Omori near Tokyo. Shown: Commander Harold E. Stassen, right of the staff of Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, greets the Major. Boyington later received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war. Photograph dated August 29, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2015/11/10).
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