Fighting In The Air Is Not Sport.

Courage Is Doing What You Are Afraid To Do. There Can Be No Courage Unless You Are Scared.

The Sensation Of Dying Is Sweet, Sensuous, Placid. It Is The Easiest Thing In The World To Die. The Hardest Is To Live.

Think Positively And Masterfully, With Confidence And Faith, And Life Become More Secure, More Fraught With Action, Richer In Experience And Achievement.

Major Richard Bong Was An Example Of The Tragic And Terrible Price We Must Pay To Maintain Principles Of Human Rights, Of Greater Value Than Life Itself. This Gallant Air Force Hero Will Be Remembered Because He Made His Final Contribution To Aviation In The Dangerous Role Of Test Pilot Of An Untried Experimental Plane, A Deed That Places Him Among The Stout-hearted Pioneers Who Gave Their Lives In The Conquest Of Sky And Space.

I Am Not Such An Egotist As To Believe That God Has Spared Me Because I Am I. I Believe There Is Work For Me To Do And That I Am Spared To Do It, Just As You Are.