13039 U.S.M.C. Pilot Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, 1943 W. Britain Dirty Shirt Blue was very advanced for its

was very advanced for its time but too costly and utilized too many precious metals to be manufactured in great quantities

we are going to treat this as an expansion of our WWII Seris of products

A crouching infantryman prepares to fire the Type 89 ‘Knee Mortar’

The rank carried great prestige and was much sought after by Rome’s noblest families

proclamation of the first Constitution of 1835

13039 U.S.M.C. Pilot Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, 1943 W. Britain Dirty Shirt Blue was very advanced for itsMajor 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