“ You show me a Hero, and I’ll prove that he’s a bum.” Theses are the words of a military hero that goes by the name of Gregory Pappy Boyington. Mr. Boyington was a real hero and was not a bum. Boyington was a man that not only loved his country but also loved competition. There was no better competition then to fly planes in the Island Hopping campaign, and that’s what Pappy …showed first 75 words of 742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 742 total…where they were able to drop the A-Bomb. In reality the Island Hopping offensive was not effective in the long run since warfare was very grueling. There were many lives taken of both American and Japanese men during the Island Hopping campaign. If you look at it with historical revelations, there would be no way we could have not dropped the A-Bomb without the work and sacrifices made by such men like Gregory “Pappy” Boyington.