eddie honda wanted out of rabaul and pappy and a few other prisoners were going to be his ticket homeington and some of these guys have very important and valuable military information and they have to be sent to tokyo for further interrogation. had major boyington not gotten out of rabaul, he would have been executed. >> during the trek to tokyo, he was saved again. while being strafed, honda let his captives run for cover. >> he pushed them out as they were being strafed and threw them into a trench. >> boyington managed to make the most of his situation. >> they gave him a job working in the kitchen and he gained weight. i think he's got to be the only allied prisoner to ever gain weight at a camp, because he was able to steal food and so forth. >> aa month after his return, president truman officially presented his medal of honor. despite the lack of evidence substantiating his claims of shooting down two cleans, the marine corps declared him their all-time leading ace and put him on a national war bond tour. >> it was bad for him personally, because he just couldn't cope with tha