Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te 29 o Akuhata 1945, i muri i nga poma ngota me te
I te hekenga mai o Hapanihi, ka tukuna a Boyington mai i te whare herehere Hapanihi i Omori Prison Camp. I hoki mai a Boyington ki te United States i te Naval Air Station Alameda i te Mahuru 12, 1945, i reira i tutaki ai ia e 21 nga mema o mua o te roopu mai i te VMF-214. I taua po, he huihuinga mo ia i whakahaerehia i te Hotel St. Francis i te taone nui o San Francisco i hipokihia e te "Life" Magazine i roto i tana putanga Oketopa 1, 1945. Ko te pūrongo o te rōpū i tohu i te wā tuatahi i whakaaturia ai e te maheni te tangata e inu ana i te waipiro. I mua i tona taenga mai, i te Mahuru 6, i whakaae ia ki tana komihana mo te wa poto mo te koromatua mo te Marine Corps.