Major Pappy boyington with a Vought F4U-1A Corsair, Bu. No. 17740, at Torokina Airstrip, Bougainville, 1943. (U.S. Navy)
VMF-214 CO Boyington’s F4U-1A Torokina Strip Bougainville
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Major Pappy boyington with a Vought F4U-1A Corsair, Bu. No. 17740, at Torokina Airstrip, Bougainville, 1943. (U.S. Navy)
My friend James Kenneth Jones was stationed here in Acorn 13. He lived on as a welding technician at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1953-1982. He related some daily operations to me about his time on Bougainville and Guadalcanal.