Major "Dick" Bong
MAJOR "DICK" BONG
"America's Ace of Aces".
It was here that Major Richard
Bong was born. received his education.
and grew to manhood. After attending
Superior State College where he
received his first pilot training, he
joined the U.S. Army Air Corps on
May 29. 1941. Assigned to the New
Guinea combat theater of operations
on September 5. 1942. he quickly
proved his mastery in the air by
shooting down two enemy aircraft in
his first air battle. By destroying
a total of forty enemy aircraft in
air combat he became America's
leading air ace of all time. Awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor by
a grateful government and winner of
many other military decorations, he
lost his life testing a jet plane in
August 1945 and lies buried nearby:
Erected 1957
Submitted by @mattcallow.