DIVDIVWisconsin-born Richard Bong was the highest-rated flying ace in World War II, famous for having shot down 40 Japanese planes during a 3 year career as a fighter pilot. The recipient of a Silver Star and a Congressional Medal of Honor, Bong was killed after the war in a flying accident just months after marrying the love of his life, Marge Vattendahl./divDIV /divDIVBadger Biographies is a series intended to integrate reading and Wisconsin history for 4th through 8th grade students or for ELL/ESL high school students./div/DIVDIVDIVPete Barnes is a National Board certified teacher who teaches fifth grade social studies, science, and math in New Albany, Ohio. He has written articles for youth audiences in the American history magazineiCobblestone/i, for educators in the magazineiInstructor/i, and for fellow teachers in the magazineiTeaching K-8/i. Pete has a bachelor’s degree from The College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in education from The Ohio State University. This is his second book in the Badger Biographies series./div/DIV