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Bong on Leave
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Elvated view of war hero Richard Ira Bong (center, in flight jacket) on leave in Poplar, with friends, relatives, and admirers. The group is walking down a main street on which the Poplar Hardware Company store and a Standard gasoline station can be seen.
1943
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Bong — Ace of Aces
circa 1940-1949
Portrait of Major Richard Ira Bong, medal of honor winner from Poplar, Wisconsin. Flying a P-38, Bong shot down more enemy aircraft than any other American pilot during World War II.
Bong P-38 Memorial
1950
An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the local American Legion post. More recently Popl...
Flight Nurse with Her Parents
1943
Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a bed next to her. A heavy leather jacket is l...
Bong Memorial
1965
View of the Bong Memorial, dedicated to the memory of World War II air ace Major Richard I. Bong. This P-38 is the type of plane he piloted when he shot down forty enemy aircraft during his World W...
Bong and MacArthur
December 12, 1944
General Douglas MacArthur congratulates Richard I. Bong, World War II Ace of Aces from Poplar, Wisconsin, after awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor at an airstrip on Leyte Island, Phillip...
