13039 U.S.M.C. Pilot Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, 1943 First Legion-The Battle for Normandy Another Marine is also interested

Another Marine is also interested in seeing what’s just around the next corner

Another of the Mercenary Company dismounted this time

and in Fajardo during the Puerto Rican Campaign

M16 pointing directly at the enemy this Marine is taking no chances as he approaches a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) casualty

the Schmeisser Machine Pistol… the Panzerfaust

13039 U.S.M.C. Pilot Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, 1943 First Legion-The Battle for Normandy Another Marine is also interestedMajor GregoryPappys colorful career started in the Army Coastal Artillery, then as an aviation cadet in U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, a flight leader with the famed Flying Tigers, then back to the Marine Corps. It was during this tour that he saw his most productive period achieving a tally of 26 enemy planes downed (although he claimed 28), including the six kills with the Tigers in China. Boyingtons reputation was that of a tough, hard living, heavy