President Calvin Coolidge presents the Medal of Honor to Floyd Bennett as Richard Byrd stands at left, looking on with others. Byrd and Bennett received the Medal of Honor for their courageous ...
On , famed American explorer Richard Byrd took off from the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen along with his pilot, Floyd Bennett, in an attempt to be the first to fly to the North ...
The transformation of Richard Byrd from intrepid Arctic explorer to all-American hero was a carefully orchestrated operation. Byrd was astute enough to know that the growing influence of mass-media — ...
Arctic adventurers Richard E. Byrd, Roald Amundsen, and Lincoln Ellsworth had much in common, not the least of which was that they all knew and benefited from the expertise of aviation pioneer Bernt ...
Lisle Rose, Historian and author of "Explorer: The Life of Richard Byrd", was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice. Q: Once Byrd entered the new world in aviation didn't he kind of ...
When Commander Richard E. Byrd — an aviator, polar explorer and American hero who’d been feted with a ticker tape parade in New York City — was looking for the country’s best airplane mechanic to help ...
REMINGTON, IN - Richard E. Byrd, age 83, of Remington, IN, passed away Thursday, at Franciscan Health of Lafayette. The son of Everette and Ardith (Schriener) Byrd, he was born on ...
Operation Highjump commenced in August 1946. It was the largest, most heavily armed naval task force ever sent to Antarctica. Leading the mission was Admiral Richard E Byrd, one of the most famous ...