Soaring Beyond 100:Â The Remarkable Life of Fighter Pilot Jim Donohue
Jim holding the Bong Center challenge coin on December 20, 2024. A Wisconsin Boyhood Although you would never know it by looking at him, Jim Donohue turned 102 years old on Christmas Day 2024. He was born in Oxbo, Wisconsin in 1922. After graduating high school in 1941 he went to work in a logging […]
Deep Dive into the Archives
Special guest post written by UMD intern Ava Carlson  Hello there! My name is Ava Carlson and I am interning here at the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center for the summer. This fall will be my final year studying at University of Minnesota Duluth for I will be graduating in the spring of […]
New WWII Postal Service Exhibit
Special Guest Blog post written by 2024 Summer Intern Cathy Taylor. When I started as an intern at The Richard I. Bong Museum for the summer, I wasn’t quite sure what my job would be like, what I would be doing. Within the first couple of weeks I met the daughter of Captain Clarence […]
Coming Home
Nearly 68 years after he was killed in Korea at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, Sfc Rufus Ketchum returned home to Superior, Wisconsin in 2018.