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The Richard I. Bong Bridge between Superior and Duluth reopened Tuesday evening after an empty FedEx semitruck rolled over onto its side when traveling northbound. “The Truck rolled over on its ...
Bong Airport and the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge connecting Superior to its twin port city of Duluth, Minn. Though often overshadowed by military greats with more distant Wisconsin ties ...
Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, ‘Marge,’ discovered in Papua New Guinea ...
His name is affixed to one of two major bridges between Duluth and Superior — the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge. Bong was in Australia when “Marge,” flown by Thomas Malone, had engine ...
A bridge connecting Superior and Duluth ... “The Bong family is very excited about this discovery,” James Bong, Richard Bong's nephew, said in the news release. “It is amazing and incredible ...
A few months ago, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center hired ... Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed.
Richard Bong points to a large picture of his girlfriend ... She died in September 2003 in Superior. A bridge connecting Superior and Duluth, Minnesota, is named for Bong.