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★Victoria Cross

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Pappy Boyington — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score207416th out of 4482

Number of Medals12

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score227472 of 4482

U.S. Marine Corps#37of 291

Fighter / combat pilot#42of 177

Second Sino-Japanese War#2of 2

World War II#200of 925

Solomon Islands campaign#5of 9

Pappy Boyington

Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps

Second Sino-Japanese WarWorld War IISolomon Islands campaign

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Navy Cross
Purple Heart
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) — (United States) (2)
Prisoner of War Medal
American Defense Service Medal (2)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
World War II Victory Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" of the Republic of China Air Force and saw combat in Burma in late 1941 and 1942 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Navy Cross(base 80)

+80

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))

+27

Heroic Score207 pts