Sii wadida cutubkan - 29kii Agoosto, 1945, ka dib markii ay qarxeen bambooyinkii atomiga ahaa iyo ciidankii Japan
, Boyington waxaa laga xoreeyay xabsigii Japan ee Omori Prison Camp. Boyington wuxuu ku soo laabtay Mareykanka saldhigga Naval Air Station Alameda bishii Sebtember 12, 1945, halkaas oo uu kula kulmay 21 xubnood oo ka tirsan dufcaddii VMF-214. Habeenkaa, xaflad loo qabtay isaga ayaa lagu qabtay Hoteelka St. Francis ee badhtamaha magaalada San Francisco taas oo ay dabooshay "Life" Magazine ee la soo saaray Oktoobar 1, 1945. Daboolka xafladda ayaa calaamadeeyay markii ugu horeysay ee joornaalka uu soo bandhigo dadka cabaya khamriga. Ka hor inta uusan imaan, bishii Sebtember 6, wuxuu aqbalay xilkiisa ku meel gaarka ah ee korneylka korneylka ee Ciidanka Badda.