Col. Greg "Pappy" Boyington by his own admission is an SOB. I can confirm that he is correct! As a 12 year old I managed to scrimp and save to attend a Confederate Air Force show in Harlingen Texas. He was there and has always been one of my Heros. I stood in line and tried to get his autograph on a Poster of an F4U Corsair. I got to the head of the line and he not so politley told me to bugger off! Unless I bought his book he wasn't signing anything...
When your Heros fall they fall hard!
All that said he is still one of my Heros ;-)
I'm having a little a little trouble digesting this one. Pappy wasn't drunk, was he? He did have a reputation as having a drinking problem, you know.
That's a sad story.
On the upside I managed to get the ENTIRE crew of B-17 Enola Gay to sign my B17 poster. Including the pilot Paul Tibbets. So I didn't go away empty handed.
Wow, just WOW! I would trade my friends ride on Sentimental Journey (luck of the draw in his case, she was in Fort Worth for an air show....they asked for volunteers for crying out loud!!!!!) for that poster.....:)