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.