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Last month Major Richard Ira Bong, a P-38 Lightning pilot, shot down his 26th and 27th planes over New Guinea, breaking a tie which had long existed between two marine pilots, Major Joe Foss (Grumman Wildcat) and missing Major Gregory Boyington (Vought Corsair). Thus Dick Bong became the U.S. Ace of Aces...
This week 24-year-old Captain Robert S. Johnson of Lawton, Okla., who used to be a woodworker in his father's cabinet shop, shot down his 26th and 27th planes over Hitler's Europe...
...front last week was a blond, crinkle-eyed, corn-fed youngster from Poplar, Wis. Over Hollandia, New Guinea, the Army Air Forces' stocky, 23-year-old Captain Richard Ira Bong had smashed Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's 26-year-old record* by knocking down his 26th and 27th Jap aircraft...
That his training has been good is well attested by the record of the troops of his Central Pacific command which have al ready been in battle: the 2nd Marine and 27th Army Divisions (Gilberts), the 4th Marine and 7th Army Divisions (Marshalls...
...Once he sent General Holcomb a list of Marine generals he thought should be retired, to give younger officers a chance. No. 1 on the list: Holland Smith. *Not to be confused with two other approximate General Smiths in Holland Smith's command: Ralph Smith of the 27th Army Division, Harry Schmidt of the 4th Marine Division...