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CORPORAL MITCHELL RED CLOUD WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS COURAGEOUS ACTION IN BATTLE BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND CHINESE COMMUNIST NEAR CHONGHYON KOREA, NOV 5, 1950

MAJOR RICHARD I. BONG DESTROYED FORTY ENEMY AIRCRAFT WHILE IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING WORLD WAR II. HE BECAME AMERICA'S LEADING AIR ACE OF ALL TIME. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY A GRATEFUL GOVERNMENT.

CPL. RED CLOUD, COMPANY C, 19TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 24TH DIVISION ON NOV 5, 1950 HELD OFF HUNDREDS OF ATTACKING CHINESE, KILLING MANY. HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED, THUS GIVING HIS LIFE FOR HIS FELLOW AMERICANS. FOR HIS COURAGE HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR ...

A NATIVE OF POPLAR, MAJOR BONG WAS CREDITED WITH DESTROYING 40 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN AERIAL COMBAT AND EARNED THE TITTLE OF "AMERICA'S ACE OF ACES" WHILE FLYING P-38S IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II

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SP4. STUMPP WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

FOR HIS ACTIONS ON THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA 1ST SERGEANT ELMER J. BURR WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

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