{"id":124507,"date":"2022-03-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=124507"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:56:21","slug":"general-charles-boyd-passes-aged-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=124507","title":{"rendered":"General Charles Boyd passes, aged 83"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Charles Boyd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boomer sends word on the passing of an Air Force legend. General Charles Boyd, highly decorated for his time in Vietnam, has died at age 83. Commissioning in 1959, he went on to beccome a fighter pilot first flying F-100 Super Sabres and then F-105 Thunderchiefs. If would be in the latter airframe that he was in when he was shot down on 22 April 1966. He’d flown more than 100 combat missions before falling into the hands of the North Vietnamese.<\/p>\n

Boyd would be a prisoner for the next six, almost seven, years (2,488 days to be exact). He was a part of the brutal Hanoi March on 6 July 1966. This march would see 52 American prisoners paraded through Hanoi to be beaten by tens of thousands of North Vietnamese civilians over a course of two miles with their guards doing nothing to hold by the riotous mob.<\/p>\n

Boyd received the Air Force Cross, two Silver Stars, one Legion of Merit, and three Bronze Star Medals (all with “V” for valor) for his time as a POW. He’d previously earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for combat action over Vietnam. He received three Purple Hearts, and in the years after his repatriation, numerous other awards.<\/p>\n

Boyd rose to the rank of full\/4-star general, the only Vietnam POW to reach that rank. He retired from the Air Force in 1995. He passed away on 23 March from lung cancer. He’s survived by his second wife and two children and is predeceased by his first wife.<\/p>\n

Stars and Stripes has a detailed write up on the general.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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