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President Franklin D. Roosevelt took an active role in creating the United States Antarctic Service as he pushed for two separate Antarctic expeditions, one by Richard B. Black and Finn Ronne, and the other by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, to be coordinated to form the US ANTARCTIC SERVICE EXPEDITION.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. , USN (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was a pioneering American polar explorer, aviator and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He was a descendant of one of...
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Richard Evelyn Byrd Rear Admiral, United States Nav ... Marie A. Byrd; Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr.; ... Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer of the polar regions, died of a heart ailment at his home in Boston, Massachusetts, 11 March 1957, at the age of sixty-eight. He was accorded a Full Honor (Company) Funeral,
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Richard Byrd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name Richard Byrd may refer to: •Richard C. Byrd (1805–1854), an American politician •Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957), admiral, polar explorer, aviator •Richard Byrd (athletics) (1892–1953), an ...
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Richard Byrd's first polar expedition was to the Arctic. On this expedition he claimed a vast territory for the United States. He named it Mary Byrd Land after his wife. On May 9, 1926, with Floyd Bennett as his pilot, Byrd navigated the first plane to fly over the North Pole.
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Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd: Antarctic Explorer; Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) was an Antarctic explorer, pioneering aviator, and US Naval Officer. On May 9, 1926, Byrd (the navigator) and Floyd Bennett (the pilot) made what may have been the first airplane trip over the North Pole, in a 15 1/2 hour flight;
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www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/byrd.shtml
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In spite of the naysayers, Richard Byrd had attained the status of American Hero. To maintain his momentum he turned his attention to the opposite end of the globe and announced his intention of flying over and claiming for America the vast uncharted spaces of Antarctica.
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