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    Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II....
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    Richard Bong State Recreation Area is a 4,515-acre (1,827 ha) unit of the state park system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located in the town of...
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  • lawyer Richard Bong, leading ace of WWII and Medal of Honor recipient "Bing Bong", a comedic catchphrase popularized by web series Sidetalk Bing Bong, a place...
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    China-Burma-India Theaters of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories), and Charles H. MacDonald...
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    Richard I. Bong Air Force Base is an unfinished Air Force base. It was named after World War II aviator Major Richard Ira Bong. The base was intended to...
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    Ernest Blakely Albert Blithe Larry "Scrappy" Blumer Royal L. Bolling Richard Bong Paul Boesch Bruce Godfrey Brackett Omar Bradley Neville Brand Maurice...
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  • Bong is a surname in various cultures. Bong may be a spelling of a number of Chinese surnames based on their pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese...
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  • Akagi Richard Bong (1920–1945), top flying ace of the US during World War II, decorated war hero, National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee Richard Marcinko...
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    The Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge, also known as the Bong Bridge, connects Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, via U.S. Highway 2 (US 2). Opened...
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    "How Bing Bong kind of steals 'Inside Out'". USA Today. Retrieved July 11, 2015. Terrero, Nina (June 28, 2015). "How Richard Kind turned Bing Bong into the...
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    Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호, Korean pronunciation: [poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunɦo]; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter...
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    Carolina. Richard Bong State Recreation Area, a state park in Wisconsin, also suffers from sign theft due to the association of the word "bong" with marijuana...
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  • Kingdom and Empire ace George Beurling, the highest scoring Canadian ace Richard Bong, the highest scoring US ace Tetsuzō Iwamoto, Japanese Navy fighter ace...
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  • Richard I. Bong Airport (IATA: SUW, ICAO: KSUW, FAA LID: SUW) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central...
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    distinguished between total and partial ancestry. Dornfeld, Margaret; Hantula, Richard (2010). Wisconsin: It's my state!. Marshall Cavendish. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-60870-062-2...
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    credit in World War II, McGuire was only two victories behind Major Richard Bong. McGuire reported to the flying school in Corsicana, Texas, as an aviation...
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    L. Treadwell and Jonathan M. Wainwright; from the Army Air Forces, Richard I. Bong, Horace S. Carswell Jr. and Thomas B. McGuire Jr.; and from the Navy...
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    Ernest Blakely Frederick C. Blesse Larry "Scrappy" Blumer Roy Boehm Richard Bong (highest scoring American ace [40 victories] of World War II) Bill Bower...
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    Ontario Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Alachua County, Florida Richard Bong State Recreation Area, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin Russell R. Kirt Prairie...
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    (USAAF, 28 kills in the air and 3 on the ground). In the Pacific theater Richard Bong became the top American fighter ace with 40 kills. In the Mediterranean...
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    time of confirmed victories of the Pacific Theatre's top American ace, Richard Bong. This total was never surpassed by any U.S. pilot fighting the Luftwaffe...
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    Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (Tagalog: [rɛˈbiljɐ]; born Jose Mari Bautista; September 25, 1966) and commonly known as Bong Revilla, is a Filipino actor...
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    fighter ace Richard Bong was killed when his plane's primary fuel pump malfunctioned during takeoff on the acceptance flight of P-80A 44–85048. Bong either...
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    GlenviewCreek.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017. Richard Bong State Recreation Area website "BNA - Bong Naturalist Association". BongNaturalistAssociation.org. Retrieved...
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    ace Major Richard Bong was also killed on an acceptance flight of a production P-80 in the United States on 6 August 1945. Both Burcham and Bong crashed...
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    received four DFC's as a "Wild Weasel" surface-to-air missile killer. Major Richard Bong, USAAF: highest-scoring American ace of World War II. Major Horace S...
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    the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022. "WASAK EP 028 BONG BONG MARCOS". News5. August 3, 2013. Archived from the original on May 20,...
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  • "George "Buzz" Beurling". historicacanada. Retrieved 2021-09-28. "Dick Bong: Ace Of Aces", General George C. Kenney, 1960 Polak, Tomas with Christopher...
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    Wisconsin Highway 35 – Tower Avenue Wisconsin Highway 105 – Central Avenue Richard I. Bong Airport (KSUW) serves the city and surrounding communities. Duluth...
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    version of a regular bomb persisted in the press for days afterward. Died: Richard Bong, 24, United States Army major and highest-scoring air ace of WWII (killed...
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