Editing Richard Bong (section)

==Military awards==
Bong's military decorations and awards include:
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|colspan="3"|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Silver Star ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=12|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
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|colspan="3"|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
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|colspan="3"|{{ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Phliber rib.svg|width=106}}
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|colspan="12"|[[United States Aviator Badge|United States Army Air Forces pilot badge]]
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|colspan="6"|[[Medal of Honor]]
|colspan="6"|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
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|colspan="4"|[[Silver Star]]<br />w/ one Bronze [[Oak Leaf Cluster]]
|colspan="4"|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]<br />w/ one Silver Oak Leaf Cluster <br>and one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
|colspan="4"|[[Air Medal]]<br />w/ two Silver Oak Leaf Clusters <br>and two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
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|colspan="4"|[[Air Medal]]<br />w/ one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
|colspan="4"|[[American Defense Service Medal]]
|colspan="4"|[[American Campaign Medal]]
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|colspan="4"|[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]<br />w/ one {{Fraction|3|16}}" [[Service star|silver star]]
|colspan="4"|[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
|colspan="4"|[[Philippine Liberation Medal]]<br />w/ one {{Fraction|3|16}}" [[Service star|bronze star]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=United_States_Army_and_U.S._Air_Force_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg|106px}}[[File:Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.png|106px]]
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|[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Army Presidential Unit Citation]] w/ one bronze [[oak leaf cluster]]
|[[Philippine Presidential Unit Citation]]
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===Medal of Honor citation===
[[File:Cmoh_army.jpg|90px|left|Medal of Honor]]
:Rank and organization: Major, United States Army Air Forces
:Place and date: Over Borneo and Leyte, October 10 to November 15, 1944
:Entered service at: Poplar, Wisconsin
:Birth: Poplar, Wisconsin
:G.O. No.: 90, December 8, 1944

{{Blockquote|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.<ref name=AMOHW>{{Cite web|access-date=December 9, 2007 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html |title=Richard Bong, Medal of Honor recipient |work=World War II (A–F) |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |date=June 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616211621/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html |archive-date=June 16, 2008 }}</ref>}}