{"id":201,"date":"2011-10-12T16:52:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccmm.sodadesign.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:31:14","slug":"mary-ko-bong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/army\/mary-ko-bong\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Ko Bong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"201\" class=\"elementor elementor-201\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c2dafc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57c2dafc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-748fbbb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"748fbbb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>One of a handful of Chinese women in the war<\/em><\/p><p>Mary Ko Bong joined the Canadian Women&#8217;s Army Corps and served as an instrument mechanic.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/eng\/remembrance\/those-who-served\/chinese-canadian-veterans\/profile\/bongm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oral History Story<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de93dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4de93dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81a27c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"81a27c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 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