JONITA BONHAM
 

SIZE: Lifesize

MEDIUM: Bronze

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FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, OKALOOSA VETERANS PARK

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BRAVERY is the theme of this sculpture.

Bonham was born on April 2, 1922, in Bennington, Oklahoma, and joined the Army Air Corps, where she was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Medical Corps. She served in the Philippines and Japan after World War II, and then returned to the United States, resigning from active military duty. When the Korean War broke out she rejoined the military, this time as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Bonham logged 245 flight hours and helped in the evacuation of over 600 wounded men.