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    Bong's Rack


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    Just not very long ago I drove across the Richard I. Bong memorial bridge. It goes across the Deluth harbor between Deluth MN. and Superior Wi.

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    You scared me for a moment, I thought you had his real one! Impressive even for an ace of his stature.

    Can you find Pappy Boyington's?

    Bob,

    Pappy only received two individual decorations for valor - the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross - in late summer 1945 once repatriated to the states.

    Regards,

    slava1stclass

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    The rack you created may correspond to Maj. Bong's awards, but he never wore such a rack. He was killed in a test flight accident on August 6, 1945, before issuance of the Victory Medal. Here is what I believe was Bong's last official portrait:

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    The rack you created may correspond to Maj. Bong's awards, but he never wore such a rack. He was killed in a test flight accident on August 6, 1945, before issuance of the Victory Medal. Here is what I believe was Bong's last official portrait:

    Dave,

    Agree.

    Regards,

    slava1stclass

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    By the way, where did you find that rackbuilder? Most of the ones I've seen don't let you put on devices. Lukasz Gaszewski's does allow for devices, but I don't see how one would be able to save the result as an image.

    Could anyone show the complete rack of Everett Parker pope. He won the MOH on Pelilieu?

    Chuck

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    By the way, where did you find that rackbuilder? Most of the ones I've seen don't let you put on devices. Lukasz Gaszewski's does allow for devices, but I don't see how one would be able to save the result as an image.

    Dave,

    Thank you for asking. I designed my own program.

    Regards,

    slava1stclass

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