# Gene Boyer

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{{Short description|United States Army officer (1929–2016)}}
{{one source|date=March 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| name           = Gene Tunney Boyer
| image          = Cockpit 2.jpg
| caption        = Army One Helicopter Pilot
| birth_date     = July 24, 1929
| birth_place    = [Akron](/source/Akron), Ohio, U.S.
| death_date     = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|8|27|1929|7|24}}<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/6451627:8750?tid=&pid=&queryId=80af0e964c24e2d71ff6b5e6ca58499d&_phsrc=qTy44&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref>
| nickname       = 
| allegiance     = 
| branch         = United States Army
| service_years  = 22
| rank           = [Lt. Colonel](/source/Lt._Colonel)
| service_number = 
| unit           = Executive Flight Detachment—White House
| commands       = 
| battles        = 
| awards         = [Legion of Merit](/source/Legion_of_Merit) for Service to Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford<br />
Two [Distinguished Flying Crosses](/source/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)) with Oak Leaf Cluster<br />
Army-wide '''Aviation Safety Award''' and the '''[Air Medal](/source/Air_Medal) for Valor''' with six Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC)<br />
'''[Soldier's Medal](/source/Soldier's_Medal)'''<br />
[Bronze Star Medal](/source/Bronze_Star_Medal)<br />
[Army Commendation Medal](/source/Army_Commendation_Medal)<br />
[National Defense Service Medal](/source/National_Defense_Service_Medal) w/1 (OLC)<br />[United Nations Service Medal](/source/United_Nations_Service_Medal)<br />[Master Army Aviator Badge](/source/Master_Army_Aviator_Badge)<br />'''Meritorious Emblem''' w/1 (OLC)<br />[Ranger Tab](/source/Ranger_Tab)<br />[Presidential Service Badge](/source/Presidential_Service_Badge)<br />[Vietnam Service Medal](/source/Vietnam_Service_Medal)<br />[Vietnam Campaign Medal](/source/Vietnam_Campaign_Medal)<br />[Parachutist Badge](/source/Parachutist_Badge_(United_States))
| relations      = 
| other_work     = Sales & Marketing, Author
}}

Retired [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) [Lieutenant Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_Colonel) '''Gene Tunney Boyer'''<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/2505029:2345?tid=&pid=&queryId=4f1699f906da99a7bb64e0fffadf4a17&_phsrc=qTy43&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref> (July 24, 1929 – August 27, 2016) was the chief pilot of [Army One](/source/Army_One), the helicopter transporting the [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States), between 1964 and 1975.<ref name="pub-bio">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.cablepublishing.com/gene.asp
 |title=LTC Gene T Boyer
 |work=Cable Publishing
 |year=2011
 |accessdate=2011-04-13
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911133835/http://www.cablepublishing.com/gene.asp
 |archivedate=2011-09-11
}}</ref>  Boyer was the pilot during President [Richard Nixon](/source/Richard_Nixon)'s last day in office on August 9, 1974, when Nixon famously delivered the [V sign](/source/V_sign) just prior to leaving office.  He led the restoration of the VH-3A "[Sea King](/source/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King)" helicopter, tail number 150617, that served as Army One that day.<ref name="pub-bio"/>  That helicopter is now on permanent display at the [Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum](/source/Richard_Nixon_Presidential_Library_and_Museum).<ref name="pub-bio"/>  Boyer also served Presidents Johnson and Ford as a [White House](/source/White_House) pilot. Boyer co-wrote his memoirs, ''Inside the President’s Helicopter: Reflections of a White House Senior Pilot'', with Jackie Boor.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090529055501/http://www.genetboyer.com/  Gene T. Boyer's website]

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Category:1929 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Ohio University alumni
Category:American Master Army Aviators
Category:United States Army colonels
Category:White House staff
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Category:Writers from Akron, Ohio
Category:Military personnel from Akron, Ohio

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