"America's Ace of Aces"
It was here that Major Richard I. 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 American'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.| HM Number | HM1DDE |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Medal of Honor Recipients series, and the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series. |
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| Marker Number | 64 |
| Year Placed | 1957 |
| Placed By | The Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 6:49am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 591805 N 5159764 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 46.58516667, -91.80168333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 46° 35.11', W 91° 48.101' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 46° 35' 6.60" N, 91° 48' 6.06" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 715 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 9661-9699 Main St, Poplar WI 54864, US |
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