Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1945, bayan bam ɗin nukiliya da Japan ta miƙa wuya
, An saki Boyington daga hannun Jafananci a sansanin kurkukun Omori. Boyington ya koma Amurka a Naval Air Station Alameda a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1945, inda ya sadu da tsohon 'yan kungiyar 21 daga VMF-214. A wannan daren, an gudanar da wani biki a gare shi a St. Francis Hotel a cikin garin San Francisco wanda "Life" Magazine ta rufe shi a cikin fitowar ta Oktoba 1, 1945. Labarin bikin ya nuna karo na farko da mujallar ta nuna mutane suna shan giya. Kafin zuwansa, a ranar 6 ga Satumba, ya karbi kwamishinansa na dan lokaci a cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa.