I remember him first as James West, that ‘Special Agent” with all the cool gadgets, who always got the job done…

And later, as “Pappy” Boyington, that guy who took a bunch of Ner-Do Well pilots and forged them into a fighting force that, again, always got the job done. A Patriot who knew he (and his men) was expendable if it drove the Japs back and saved the lives of American Servicemen.

His legacy will live on in my memory.