MAJOR RICHARD IRA BONG MEMORIAL
A NATIVE OF POPLAR, MAJOR BONG WAS CREDITED WITH DESTROYING 40 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN AERIAL COMBAT AND EARNED THE TITTLE OF "AMERICA'S ACE OF ACES" WHILE FLYING P-38S IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II
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Memorial Type:
Medal of Honor Plaques
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
WORLD WAR II
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
KEITH L.
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