Interesting US Medal Group To Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington

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Col. Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington Presentation Case

with Flag and Medal of Honor Ribbon plus

5 MAJOR MEDALS

This MAGNIFICENT piece includes the following;
Presentation Flag
MEDAL of HONOR RIBBON
NAVY CROSS MEDAL & RIBBON
LEGION of MERIT MEDAL & RIBBON
PURPLE HEART MEDAL & RIBBON
WWII VICTORY MEDAL & RIBBON
AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL & RIBBON

Also included is a TEN RIBBON UNIFORM BAR with all the above
AND
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
American Campaign

These are the ACTUAL MEDALS & RIBBONS of the LEGEND HIMSELF

Purchased directly from the Boyington Family by way of a Sotheby's Consignment

Gregory H. "Pappy" Boyington
Colonel, United States Marine Corps
Born in Idaho on December 4, 1912, he was a leading Marine Corps Air Ace in World War II. He had been a Marine Corps officer before the war, but had resigned his commission in order to serve with Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers" in China.
When the United States entered the war, he rejoined the Marine Corps in early 1942 and was assigned to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, and also served in the Bougainville campaign. He was shot down and subsequently captured by the Japanese on January 3, 1944 while on a mission over Rabaul. He was then a prisoner-of-war until he was liberated at the end of the war. He was awarded the Medal of Honor upon his return to the United States. He was promoted to Colonel upon his retirement from the Corps in 1947.

He died in Fresno, California, on January 11, 1988 and was buried in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery, near the Memorial Amphitheater and the Tomb of the Unknowns.

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BOYINGTON, GREGORY
Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Marine Squadron 214. Place and date: Central Solomons area, from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944. Entered service at: Washington. Born: 4 December 1912, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Other Navy award: Navy Cross.

Citation:

For extraordinary heroism and valiant devotion to duty as commanding officer of
Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Central Solomons area from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944. Consistently outnumbered throughout successive hazardous flights over heavily defended hostile territory, Maj. Boyington struck at the enemy with daring and courageous persistence, leading his squadron into combat with devastating results to Japanese shipping, shore installations, and aerial forces. Resolute in his efforts to inflict crippling damage on the enemy, Major Boyington led a formation of 24 fighters over Kahili on 17 October and, persistently circling the airdrome where
60 hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly challenged the Japanese to send up planes. Under his brilliant command, our fighters shot down 20 enemy craft in the ensuing action without the loss of a single ship. A superb airman and determined fighter against overwhelming odds, Major Boyington personally destroyed 26 of the many Japanese planes shot down by his squadron and, by his forceful leadership, developed the combat readiness in his command which was a distinctive factor in the Allied aerial achievements in this vitally strategic area.