Wally Cox died February 15, 1973 of a heart attack
at the age of 48.

                    Monument erected in Monongah, West Virginia.

                                    The Monongah coal mine

      December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966

 
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.