Recipients Of The Medal Of Honor In Pictures II

Portrait of USAAF Major Richard Bong in 1945 the Medal of Honor recipient. Citation: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty in the Southwest Pacific area from October 10 to November 15 1944. Though assigned to duty as gunnery instructor and neither required nor expected to perform combat duty Maj. Bong voluntarily and at his own urgent request engaged in repeated combat missions including unusually hazardous sorties over Balikpapan Borneo and in the Leyte area of the Philippines. His aggressiveness and daring resulted in his shooting down 8 enemy airplanes during this period.”