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 Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington with his Black Sheep Squadron, (VMF-214) going over tactics and strategy before the attack on Kahili airdome at the southern tip of Bougainville on 17 October 1943. He and 24 fighters circled the field where 60 hostile aircraft were based, goading the enemy into sending up a large force.

 In the fierce battle that followed, 20 enemy aircraft were shot down while the Black Sheep returned to their base without loss. Boyington’s squadron, offered to down a Japanese Zero for every baseball cap sent to them by major league players in the World Series, they received 20 caps and shot down many more enemy aircraft.