Today marks the day of the sixth and final lunar
landing mission of the NASA Apollo program.
The crew of Apollo 17 was, left to right, Commander
Eugene A. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H.
Cernan, and Command Module Pilot Ronald E.
Evans (seated).
Schmitt took this picture of Cernan posing with the
American flag on the moon’s surface.
World War ll U.S. Marine Corps pilot Gregory “Pappy”
Boyington was born in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho and
moved with his family to Tacoma, Washington. His
initial flying was with the Flying Tigers and was
later commander of the famous Black Sheep
Squadron. He died on January 11, 1988. He
was 75.
Boyington being awarded the Medal Of Honor in 1945
by President Harry S. Truman. 
Boyington’s Corsair F-4U.
”Pappy” shortly before his death.
