Pappy Boyington Honored

"RL Anderson" wrote in message
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Folks,

The airport in Couer d'Alene Idaho is getting a new name. It will be
known as Pappy Boyington Field. The story is located he

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...n_Airport.html

Kind of late, but better late than never.

Semper Fi, Pappy!

-c

It's wonderful that someone has pushed this through for Boyington.
Be advised however, that Greg was a fairly private guy who really didn't
seek out or particularly appreciate this kind of singled out attention.
In fact, aside from his VERY close personal buddies, Greg kept pretty
well away from this kind of thing. I wouldn't be half surprised that
depending on the mood he was in when he got this news, if he didn't
attend any ceremony attached to this event.
Boyington felt quite strongly that the REAL heroes of the war were still
out there...dead! When people cornered him on occasion and started
laying on the hero stuff, he could actually be quite colorful with his
responses :-))
Personally, I'm glad this has been done for him. Greg Boyington was a
regular guy.

Dudley Henriques


RL Anderson wrote:
Folks,

The airport in Couer d'Alene Idaho is getting a new name. It will be
known as Pappy Boyington Field. The story is located he

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...n_Airport.html

Kind of late, but better late than never.

Rick

In a previous article, Dudley Henriques said:
In fact, aside from his VERY close personal buddies, Greg kept pretty
well away from this kind of thing. I wouldn't be half surprised that
depending on the mood he was in when he got this news, if he didn't
attend any ceremony attached to this event.

Well, considering that he died in 1988, I think he's going to pass this
one up.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
The superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid situations in which he
has to demonstrate his superior skill.

Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Dudley Henriques said:
In fact, aside from his VERY close personal buddies, Greg kept pretty
well away from this kind of thing. I wouldn't be half surprised that
depending on the mood he was in when he got this news, if he didn't
attend any ceremony attached to this event.

Well, considering that he died in 1988, I think he's going to pass this
one up.



I noted the way I had expressed this paragraph in the post but decided
that the end sentence saying that Greg "WAS" a regular guy was enough to
clarify! I should have realized that this is Usenet, and I'm dealing
with people here whom I don't know and who don't know me.
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

I noted the way I had expressed this paragraph in the post but decided
that the end sentence saying that Greg "WAS" a regular guy was enough to
clarify! I should have realized that this is Usenet, and I'm dealing with
people here whom I don't know and who don't know me.

Well, Col. Boyington may have considered himself a regular guy and may have
acted as such, but the American people have spoken and there's no shortage
of people including WWII vets and at least one humble ex-POW I knew who
considered him to be a national hero maybe BECAUSE he was such a regular guy
(except in the cockpit) who came up and rallied other ordinary guys in a
time of deadly and critical necessity.

Ie, he wasn't a West Point glory-seeker like many officers, and he certainly
didn't fly a desk and take credit for everybody else's successes. In fact I
think his blue-collar mentality is part of the reason -why- he deserves the
status as a national hero.

-c

Gattman wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

I noted the way I had expressed this paragraph in the post but decided
that the end sentence saying that Greg "WAS" a regular guy was enough to
clarify! I should have realized that this is Usenet, and I'm dealing with
people here whom I don't know and who don't know me.

Well, Col. Boyington may have considered himself a regular guy and may have
acted as such, but the American people have spoken and there's no shortage
of people including WWII vets and at least one humble ex-POW I knew who
considered him to be a national hero maybe BECAUSE he was such a regular guy
(except in the cockpit) who came up and rallied other ordinary guys in a
time of deadly and critical necessity.

Ie, he wasn't a West Point glory-seeker like many officers, and he certainly
didn't fly a desk and take credit for everybody else's successes. In fact I
think his blue-collar mentality is part of the reason -why- he deserves the
status as a national hero.

-c



Actually Greg graduated from the University of Washington and was no
slouch in the "brains department".
Boyington realized all too well that the American people like to honor
their "heroes" as well they should honor these people.
He also had great personal feelings about those who didn't survive the
war and were still out there. To him, and he told me this more than
once, THEY were HIS heroes.

It was for this reason he generally didn't take too well to being
referred to as a hero in any shape or form and usually shied away from
any and all situations created by civilians that singled him out for
special attention.
Greg Boyington deserves any honor his country decides to give to him.
Just remember that there are those who seek these honors and those who
don't seek them. Greg was definately a non-seeker of this type of
notoriety. This simple fact in no way infers that Greg Boyington doesn't
deserve this honor.
I believe he deserves it. I just wouldn't walk up to the Greg Boyington
I knew and tell him he deserved it without being ready to duck :-)

Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote in
:

I noted the way I had expressed this paragraph in the post but
decided
that the end sentence saying that Greg "WAS" a regular guy was
enough to clarify! I should have realized that this is Usenet, and
I'm dealing with people here whom I don't know and who don't know
me.

One should also note that Pappy started the VFW Post at the Chino
Airport.

--

John Godwin wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in
:

I noted the way I had expressed this paragraph in the post but
decided
that the end sentence saying that Greg "WAS" a regular guy was
enough to clarify! I should have realized that this is Usenet, and
I'm dealing with people here whom I don't know and who don't know
me.

One should also note that Pappy started the VFW Post at the Chino
Airport.

I didn't know that. Greg was active in quite a few veterans affairs;
mostly back channel. It's good he chose to get involved in this worthy
project.
DH

On Aug 9, 8:36 am, RL Anderson wrote:
Folks,

The airport in Couer d'Alene Idaho is getting a new name. It will be
known as Pappy Boyington Field. The story is located he

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...n_Airport.html

Kind of late, but better late than never.

Rick

Pappy Boyington was born in Couer d'Alene according to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Boyington