For looping the Golden Gate Bridge, flying at a low level down Market Street in San Francisco, and blowing the clothes off of an Oakland woman’s clothesline, Bong was reprimanded (…) General Kenney later wrote, “We needed kids like this lad.”
Dick Bong, the loose cannon that Air Force couldn’t do without.
Ground Control to Major Bong
TIL Dick Bong
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Sorry, I fixed it
America’s Ace of Aces. There’s a bridge connecting Superior, WI and Duluth, MN called the Bong Bridge.
Honestly, it’s a bit disappointing. Why not just go all the way and call it Dick Bong Bridge?
“We’ve erected a 3-kilometer-long tied-arch bridge so people can get into and out of the Superior bay area quicker and easier, and we’ll be dedicating it to World War II pilot Richard Bong.”
“Okay, what are you calling it?”
“Right now we’ve got ‘Dick Bong’s Long, Curvaceous Erection for the Repeated Entering and Exiting of a Wet Superior Inlet.’”
“…We’ll workshop it.”
“Dick Bong’s Long & Strong” is my suggestion
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/richardbong
Wisconsin has them beat. There’s a “Bong Recreation Area” in the South East part of the state.
I’ve camped there, it’s pretty nice!
Me too!
Same.
I think I’m gonna head on down to the Bong Recreation Area and take the Green Trail for a while if you know what I mean
(I mean I’m going to take a scenic nature walk in one of Wisconsin’s beautiful state parks, what the hell did you think I meant?)
dude probably bagged even more than he’s officially credited for too. the guy was a menace to the japanese.
Second funniest name after this guy.
Sweet Jesus this is a gold mine. George Washington Hitler’s son, DR. GAY HITLER?
I have left this mortal plane.
The man who invented the mortgage was named Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone. His father’s name was Praise God Barebone. First name Praise, middle name God, last name Barebone.
Where does Dick Swett fit?
Hahahaha, he’s very high on the list :)
Is fanny still a commonly used word in the UK? It’s not very common in American English.
Obviously it depends who you’re talking to, or what about, but yeah. Constantly in some cases.
P.S. In case you weren’t aware, it means “a lady’s front bottom” in British English, rather than the arse, as it means in American English.
My high school friend’s lawyer dad once represented a client named Harry Organ.
Hahahaha. That’s brilliant :)
DOCTOR Gay Hitler 🤣
Dr. Gay Hitler
It’s like someone’s video game character
Not surprised there are Hitlers in circleville ohio
With a name like that you are destined for weapons-grade mischief.
The United States Marine Corps once had a Staff Sergeant named Max Fightmaster.
Also, there was a NASCAR driver of note named Dick Trickle, the only man in motorsports named for a symptom of enlarged prostate.
I tryed to Google a picture of him, but… 😱
What if we kissed on the Dick Bong Neighborhood Terrace…? 😘
He’s a tiny typo away from being dick ina bong
I’ve done something like this back in the day
I ran a tabletop game of Scum and Villainy and one of my players (our pilot) picked Dick Bong as his name both as an homage to this man and because it resulted in all the silliness that you’d expect when trying to refer to each other by character names.
