Jeff Ellenson
My
aunt and uncle own and operated a grocery store/gas station near the
highways US2 and US53. Their names were Richard and Ann Ellenson. They
told me of selling gas and groceries to Dick Bong's parents as well as
the rest of the family. They remember them as most people from the
Poplar area; honest,hardworking,generous, and friendly. I was born in
1947, yet I've come to appreciate and learn about this great American
whom I will never meet. Outside of my family, all of my heroes died on
the Allied side in WWll.
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