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Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer.[1] He was a Richard E. Byrd
recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American
aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition
leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd said that
his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air. His belief that he reached the
North Pole is disputed.[2] He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.

Family

Ancestry

Byrd was born in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Esther Bolling (Flood) and Richard Evelyn
Byrd Sr. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia. His ancestors include
planter John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who
established Richmond, as well as William Byrd I and Robert "King" Carter, a colonial
governor. He was also descended from George Yeardley, Francis Wyatt and Samuel Argall. He
was the brother of Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, a dominant figure in Byrd in 1928
the Virginia Democratic Party from the 1920s until the 1960s; their father served as Speaker Birth name Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
of the Virginia House of Delegates for a time.[3] Born October 25, 1888
Ancestral coat of arms of Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
the Byrd family Died March 11, 1957 (aged 68)
Marriage Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery,
On January 20, 1915, Richard married Marie Donaldson Ames (d. 1974). He would later name a region of Antarctic land Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

he discovered "Marie Byrd Land" after her, and a mountain range, the Ames Range, after her father. They had four Allegiance United States
children – Richard Evelyn Byrd III, Evelyn Bolling Byrd Clarke, Katharine Agnes Byrd Breyer, and Helen Byrd Stabler. Service/ United States Navy
By late 1924, the Byrd family moved into a large brownstone house at 9 Brimmer Street in Boston's fashionable Beacon branch

Hill neighborhood[4] that had been purchased by Marie's father, a wealthy industrialist.[5] Years of 1912–1927
service 1940–1947
Rank Rear Admiral
Personal life Battles/wars World War I
World War II

Byrd was friends with Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, whose admiration of his polar exploits helped to gain Byrd Awards Medal of Honor
sponsorship and financing for his various polar expeditions from the Ford Motor Company.[6] Navy Cross
Navy Distinguished Service
Medal (2)
Education and early naval career Legion of Merit (2)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute for two years and transferred to the University of Virginia, before financial Congressional Gold Medal
circumstances inspired his starting over and taking an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, where he was
Spouse(s) Marie Donaldson Ames
appointed as a midshipman on May 28, 1908.[7] While at the Naval Academy, he suffered two injuries to his right ankle (m. 1915)
(one was by playing football and the other was while dismounting gymnastic rings during a competition). Although he
was allowed to remain at the academy, his injuries eventually led to his forced retirement from the Navy in 1916.

On June 8, 1912, Byrd graduated from the Naval Academy and was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy. On July 14, 1912, he was assigned to
the battleship USS Wyoming. During service in the Caribbean Sea, Byrd received his first letter of commendation, and later a Silver Lifesaving Medal, for
twice plunging fully clothed to the rescue of a sailor who had fallen overboard. In April 1914, he transferred to the armored cruiser USS Washington and
served in Mexican waters in June following the American intervention in April.

His next assignment was to the gunboat USS Dolphin, which also served as the yacht of the Secretary of the Navy. This assignment brought Byrd into contact
with high-ranking officials and dignitaries, including then Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant
(junior grade) on June 8, 1915. During Byrd's assignment to Dolphin, she was commanded by future Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as chief of
staff to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.[8] Byrd's last assignment before forced retirement was to the presidential yacht USS
Mayflower.

On March 15, 1916, Byrd, much to his frustration, was medically retired on three-quarters pay for an ankle injury he suffered on board Mayflower. Shortly
thereafter, on December 14, 1916, he was assigned as the inspector and instructor for the Rhode Island Naval Militia in Providence, Rhode Island.[9][10]
While serving in this position, he was commended by Brigadier General Charles W. Abbot, the adjutant general of Rhode Island, for making great strides in
improving the efficiency of the militia, and on April 25, 1928, was promoted to captain by act of the Rhode Island General Assembly in recognition of his
flight to the North Pole in 1926.[11]

First World War

Shortly after the entry of the United States into the First World War in April 1917, Byrd oversaw the mobilization of the Rhode Island Naval Militia. He was
then recalled to active duty and was assigned to the Office of Naval Operations and served in a desk job as secretary and organizer of the Navy Department
Commission on Training Camps. In the autumn of 1917, he was sent to naval aviation school at Pensacola, Florida. He qualified as a naval aviator (number
608) in June 1918.[12] He then commanded naval air forces at Naval Air Station Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, from July 1918 until the armistice in
November. In that assignment, he was promoted to the permanent rank of lieutenant and the temporary rank of lieutenant commander.[13]

For his services during the war, he received a letter of commendation from Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, which was after World War II converted
to a Navy Commendation Medal.

After the war

After the war, Byrd volunteered to be a crew member in the U.S. Navy's 1919 aerial transatlantic crossing. This mission was historic, as it was the first time
the Atlantic Ocean was crossed by an aircraft. It was decided that only men who had not served overseas would be allowed on the mission. Unfortunately for

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Byrd, his tour of duty in Newfoundland was considered overseas service. Byrd was, however, able to make a valuable
contribution, as his expertise in aerial navigation resulted in his appointment to plan the flight path of the mission. Of the three
flying boats (NC-1, NC-3, and NC-4) that started from Newfoundland, only Lieutenant Commander Albert Read's NC-4
completed the trip on May 18, 1919, achieving the first transatlantic flight.[14]

In 1921, Byrd volunteered to attempt a solo nonstop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, prefiguring Charles Lindbergh's historic flight
by six years. Byrd's ambition was dashed by then acting Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who felt the risks
outweighed the potential rewards. Byrd was then assigned to the ill-fated dirigible ZR-2 (formerly known by the British
designation of R-38). As fate would have it, Byrd missed his train to take him to the airship on August 24, 1921. The airship broke
apart in midair, killing 44 of 49 crew members on board. Byrd lost several friends in the accident, and was involved in the
subsequent recovery operations and investigation. The accident affected him deeply and inspired him to make safety a top
priority in all of his future expeditions.

Due to reductions in the Navy after the First World War, Byrd reverted to the rank of lieutenant at the end of 1921. During the Richard Byrd in flight jacket,
summer of 1923, then-Lieutenant Byrd and a group of volunteer Navy veterans of the First World War helped found the Naval 1920s
Reserve Air Station (NRAS) at Squantum Point near Boston, using an unused First World War seaplane hangar which had
remained more-or-less intact after the Victory Destroyer Plant shipyard was built on the site. NRAS Squantum was
commissioned on August 15, 1923, and is considered to have been the first air base in the Naval Reserve program.[15]

Byrd commanded the aviation unit of the arctic expedition to North Greenland led by Donald B. MacMillan from June to October 1925.[13] During this
expedition, Byrd made the acquaintance of Navy Chief Aviation Pilot Floyd Bennett and Norwegian pilot Bernt Balchen. Bennett served as his pilot in his
flight to the North Pole the next year. Balchen, whose knowledge of Arctic flight operations proved invaluable, was the primary pilot on Byrd's flight to the
South Pole in 1929.

1926 North Pole flight

On May 9, 1926, Byrd and Navy Chief Aviation Pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a flight over the North Pole in a Fokker
F.VIIa/3m tri-motor monoplane named Josephine Ford after the daughter of Ford Motor Company president Edsel Ford,
who helped finance the expedition. The flight left from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and returned to its takeoff airfield, lasting
15 hours and 57 minutes, including 13 minutes spent circling at their Farthest North.[4] Byrd and Bennett said they
reached the North Pole, a distance of 1,535 miles (1,335 nautical miles).[16]
The Fokker F.VII of Byrd and
When he returned to the United States from the Arctic, Byrd became a national hero. Congress passed a special act on Bennett in flight
December 21, 1926, promoting him to the rank of commander and awarding both Floyd Bennett and him the Medal of
Honor.[17] Bennett was promoted to the warrant officer rank of machinist. Byrd and Bennett were presented with Tiffany
Cross versions of the Medal of Honor on March 5, 1927, at the White House by President Calvin Coolidge.[18]

Controversy

Since 1926, doubts have been raised, defenses made, and heated controversy arose over whether or not Byrd actually
reached the North Pole. In 1958, Norwegian-American aviator and explorer Bernt Balchen cast doubt on Byrd's statement
on the basis of his knowledge of the airplane's speed.[19] Balchen said that Bennett had confessed to him months after the
flight that Byrd and he had not reached the pole.[4][20] Bennett died on April 25, 1928, during a flight to rescue downed
aviators in Greenland. Bennett, though, had started a memoir, given numerous interviews, and wrote an article for an
aviation magazine about the flight before his death that all confirmed Byrd's version of the flight.[16]

The Fokker FVIIa/3M – Josephine The 1996 release of Byrd's diary of the May 9, 1926, flight revealed erased (but still legible) sextant sights that sharply
differ from Byrd's later June 22 typewritten official report to the National Geographic Society. Byrd took a sextant reading
Ford, on display at The Henry Ford
Museum of the Sun at 7:07:10 GCT. His erased diary record shows the apparent (observed) solar altitude to have been 19°25'30",
while his later official typescript reports the same 7:07:10 apparent solar altitude to have been 18°18'18".[21] On the basis
of this and other data in the diary, Dennis Rawlins concluded that Byrd steered accurately, and flew about 80% of the
distance to the pole before turning back because of an engine oil leak, but later falsified his official report to support his statement of reaching the
pole.[22][23]

Accepting that the conflicting data in the typed report's flight times indeed require both northward and southward ground speeds greater than the flight's
85-mph airspeed, a Byrd defender posits a westerly-moving anticyclone that tailwind-boosted Byrd's ground speed on both outward and inward legs,
allowing the distance said to be covered in the time stated (the theory is based on rejecting handwritten sextant data in favor of typewritten alleged dead-
reckoning data[24][25]). This suggestion has been challenged by Dennis Rawlins, who adds that the sextant data in the long-unavailable original official
typewritten report are all expressed to 1 second, a precision not possible on Navy sextants of 1926 and not the precision of the sextant data in Byrd's diary for
1925 or the 1926 flight, which was normal (half or quarter of a minute of arc).[23]

If Byrd and Bennett did not reach the North Pole, then the first flight over the pole occurred a few days later, on May 12, 1926, with the flight of the airship
Norge that flew from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) to Alaska nonstop with a crew including Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile, Oscar Wisting, and Lincoln
Ellsworth.[26][27]

1927 Trans-Atlantic flight

In 1927, Byrd announced he had the backing of the American Trans-Oceanic Company, which had been established in
1914 by department-store magnate Rodman Wanamaker for the purpose of building aircraft to complete nonstop flights
across the Atlantic Ocean. Byrd was one of several aviators who attempted to win the Orteig Prize in 1927 for making the
first nonstop flight between the United States and France.[28]

Once again, Byrd named Floyd Bennett as his chief pilot, with Norwegian Bernt Balchen, Bert Acosta, and Lieutenant
George Noville as other crewmembers. During a practice takeoff with Anthony Fokker at the controls and Bennett in the
co-pilot seat, the Fokker Trimotor airplane, America, crashed, severely injuring Bennett and slightly injuring Byrd. As the
plane was being repaired, Charles Lindbergh won the prize by completing his historic flight on May 21, 1927. Lt. Com. Byrd and aircraft
(Coincidentally, in 1925, then Army Air Service Reserve Corps Lieutenant Charles Lindbergh had applied to serve as a
pilot on Byrd's North Pole expedition, but apparently, his bid came too late.)[29]

Byrd continued with his quest to cross the Atlantic nonstop, naming Balchen to replace Bennett, who had not yet fully recovered from his injuries, as chief
pilot. Byrd, Balchen, Acosta, and Noville flew from Roosevelt Field, East Garden City, New York, in the America on June 29, 1927. On board was mail from
the US Postal Service to demonstrate the practicality of aircraft. Arriving over France the next day, they were prevented from landing in Paris by cloud cover;
they returned to the coast of Normandy and crash-landed near the beach at Ver-sur-Mer (known as Gold Beach during the Normandy Invasion on June 6,

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1944) without fatalities on July 1, 1927.[30] In France, Byrd and his crew were received as heroes and Byrd was invested as an Officer of the French Legion of
Honor by Prime Minister Raymond Poincare on July 6.[31]

After their return to the United States, an elaborate dinner in their honor was held in New York City on July 19. Byrd and Noville were awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross by Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur at the dinner.[32] Acosta and Balchen did not receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
because, at that time, it could only be awarded to members of the armed services and not to civilians.

Byrd wrote an article for the August 1927 edition of Popular Science Monthly in which he accurately predicted that while specially modified aircraft with one
to three crewmen would fly the Atlantic nonstop, another 20 years were needed before it would be realized on a commercial scale.[33]

Early Antarctic expeditions

First Antarctic expedition (1928–1930)

In 1928, Byrd began his first expedition to the Antarctic involving two ships and three airplanes: Byrd's flagship was
the City of New York (a Norwegian sealing ship previously named Samson that had come into fame as a ship some
said was in the vicinity of the Titanic when the latter was sinking) and the Eleanor Bolling (named after Byrd's
mother); a Ford Trimotor airplane called the Floyd Bennett (named after the recently deceased pilot of Byrd's
previous expeditions) flown by Dean Smith; a Fairchild FC-2W2, NX8006, built 1928, named Stars And Stripes Remains of Fokker aircraft in the
(now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center); and a Fokker Super Rockefeller Mountains, Antarctica, in 1993
Universal monoplane called the Virginia (Byrd's birth state). A base camp named "Little America" was constructed
on the Ross Ice Shelf, and scientific expeditions by snowshoe, dog sled, snowmobile, and airplane began.[34] To increase the interest of youth in arctic
exploration, a 19-year-old American Boy Scout, Paul Allman Siple, was chosen to accompany the expedition. Siple went on to earn an doctorate and was
probably the only person, other than Byrd himself, to participate in all five of Byrd's Antarctic expeditions.

Photographic expeditions and geological surveys were undertaken for the duration of that summer, and constant radio
communications were maintained with the outside world. After their first winter, their expeditions were resumed, and on
November 28, 1929, the first flight to the South Pole and back was launched. Byrd, along with pilot Bernt Balchen, co-
pilot/radioman Harold June, and photographer Ashley McKinley, flew the Floyd Bennett to the South Pole and back in 18
hours, 41 minutes. They had difficulty gaining enough altitude, and they had to dump empty gas tanks, as well as their
emergency supplies, to achieve the altitude of the Polar Plateau, but they were ultimately successful.[34]

As a result of his achievement, Byrd was promoted to the rank of rear admiral by a
Byrd's expedition ship. special act of Congress on December 21, 1929. As he was only 41 years old at the time,
this promotion made Byrd the youngest admiral in the history of the United States
Navy.[35] By way of comparison, none of his Annapolis classmates became admirals
until 1942, after 30 years of commissioned service. He is one of only three persons, one being Admiral David Dixon Porter
and the other being Arctic explorer Donald Baxter MacMillan, to have been promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the
United States Navy without having first held the rank of captain.

After a further summer of exploration, the expedition returned to North America on June 18, 1930. Unlike the 1926 flight,
this expedition was honored with the gold medal of the American Geographical Society. This was also seen in the film
With Byrd at the South Pole (1930), which covered his trip there. Rear Admiral Byrd (circa 1955)

Byrd, by then an internationally recognized, pioneering American polar explorer and aviator, served for a time as
Honorary National President (1931–1935) of Pi Gamma Mu, the international honor society in the social sciences. He carried the society's flag during his first
Antarctic expedition to dramatize the spirit of adventure into the unknown, characterizing both the natural and social sciences.[36][37]

To finance and gain both political and public support for his expeditions, Byrd actively cultivated relationships with many powerful individuals, including
President Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Vincent Astor. As a token of his gratitude, Byrd named geographic
features in the Antarctic after his supporters.

Second Antarctic expedition (1934)

On his second expedition in 1934, Byrd spent five winter months alone operating a meteorological station, Advance Base,
from which he narrowly escaped with his life after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly ventilated stove.
Unusual radio transmissions from Byrd finally began to alarm the men at the base camp, who then attempted to go to
Advance Base. The first two trips were failures due to darkness, snow, and mechanical troubles. Finally, Thomas Poulter,
E. J. Demas, and Amory Waite arrived at Advance Base, where they found Byrd in poor physical health. The men
remained at Advance Base until October 12. when an airplane from the base camp picked up Dr. Poulter and Byrd. The
rest of the men returned to base camp with the tractor.[4] This expedition is described by Byrd in his autobiography Alone.
It is also commemorated in a U.S. postage stamp issued at the time, and a considerable amount of mail using it was sent Flag used by Byrd in his Second
from Byrd's base at Little America. Antarctic Expedition.

A CBS radio station, KFZ, was set up on the base camp ship, the Bear of Oakland and The Adventures of Admiral Byrd
program was short-waved to Buenos Aires, then relayed to New York.[38]

In late 1938, Byrd visited Hamburg, and was invited to participate in the 1938/1939 German "Neuschwabenland" Antarctic Expedition, but declined.
(Although Germany was not at war with the United States at this time, Adolf Hitler had been serving as Führer of the German Reich since 1934, and invaded
Poland the next year.)

Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1940)

Byrd's third expedition was the first one financed and conducted by the United States government. The project included extensive studies of geology, biology,
meteorology, and exploration. The innovative Antarctic Snow Cruiser was brought with the expedition, but broke down shortly after arriving.

Within a few months, in March 1940, Byrd was recalled to active duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The expedition continued in Antarctica
without him until the last of its participants left Antarctica on March 22, 1941.

World War II
As a senior officer in the United States Navy, Byrd was recalled on active duty on March 26, 1942, and served as the confidential advisor to Admiral Ernest J.
King. From 1942 to 1945 he served on the South Pacific Island Base Inspection Board, which toured bases in the South Pacific in May and June 1942. The

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report submitted by the Board describes conditions found at each base and analyses, lessons learned in planning and
equipping these bases. The report contains recommendations applicable to the individual bases and others designed to be
helpful in the planning of future advanced bases. On 1 September 1943, in compliance with a series of letters from the
President to the Secretary of the Navy, the Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations
ordered Byrd to assume direction of a survey and "investigation of certain islands in the East and South Pacific in
connection with national defense and commercial air bases and routes." The members of the Special Navy Mission sailed
from Balboa, Canal Zone, on USS Concord (CL-10), Captain Irving Reynold Chambers, commanding, in September 1943.
A large explosion at sea on October 7, 1943 took the lives of 24 Concord crewmen, including the executive officer,
Commander Rogers Elliott. Caused by ignition of gasoline fumes at the stern of the ship, the explosion threw some men
overboard, while others were killed from concussion, burns, fractured skulls and broken necks. Several sailors died while
trying to save their shipmates. The dead were buried at sea on October 8. On October 23, 1943, Byrd wrote a letter from Letter from RADM Richard E. Byrd
Nuku Hiva (the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia) to Chambers, the ship's commanding officer, to Captain Irving R. Chambers,
commending him and his crew "for the courage and efficiency" displayed following the explosion that made Byrd "feel Commanding Officer, USS Concord,
proud to be an American. Great heroism was displayed, especially by the men who lost their lives rescuing the wounded." commemorating the loss of 24 men
Byrd completed the Special Mission in December and participated in the United States Strategic Bombing Survey during Byrd's special mission to
(USSBS) in 1944-1945.[39] reconnoiter South Sea islands
during September–December 1943.
On February 10, 1945, Byrd received the Order of Christopher Columbus from the government of the Dominican
Republic.[40] Byrd was present at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. He was released from active
duty on October 1, 1945. In recognition of his service during World War II, Byrd received two awards of the Legion of Merit.[41]

Later Antarctic expeditions

Operation Highjump (1946–1947)

In 1946, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal appointed Byrd as officer in charge of Antarctic Developments Project. Byrd's
fourth Antarctic expedition was code-named Operation Highjump.[4] It was the largest Antarctic expedition to date and was
expected to last 6–8 months.

The expedition was supported by a large naval force (designated Task Force 68), commanded by Rear Admiral Richard H.
Cruzen. Thirteen US Navy support ships (besides the flagship USS Mount Olympus and the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea),
six helicopters, six flying boats, two seaplane tenders, and 15 other aircraft were used. The total number of personnel involved
was over 4,000.

The armada arrived in the Ross Sea on December 31, 1946, and made aerial explorations of an area half the size of the United
States, recording 10 new mountain ranges. The major area covered was the eastern coastline of Antarctica from 150°E to the
Greenwich meridian.

Admiral Byrd was interviewed by Lee van Atta of International News Service aboard the expedition's command ship USS Mount
Olympus, in which he discussed the lessons learned from the operation. The interview appeared in the Wednesday, March 5,
1947, edition of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, and read in part: Cover of Byrd's
autobiography
Admiral Richard E. Byrd warned today that the United States should adopt measures of protection against the
possibility of an invasion of the country by hostile planes coming from the polar regions. The admiral explained that
he was not trying to scare anyone, but the cruel reality is that in case of a new war, the United States could be attacked
by planes flying over one or both poles. This statement was made as part of a recapitulation of his own polar
experience, in an exclusive interview with International News Service. Talking about the recently completed
expedition, Byrd said that the most important result of his observations and discoveries is the potential effect that
they have in relation to the security of the United States. The fantastic speed with which the world is shrinking –
recalled the admiral – is one of the most important lessons learned during his recent Antarctic exploration. I have to
warn my compatriots that the time has ended when we were able to take refuge in our isolation and rely on the
certainty that the distances, the oceans, and the poles were a guarantee of safety.[42][43]

In 1948, the U.S. Navy produced a documentary about Operation Highjump named The Secret Land. The film shows live-action
footage of the operation, along with a few re-enacted scenes. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Admiral Byrd during
Operation Deep Freeze I
On December 8, 1954, Byrd appeared on the television show Longines Chronoscope. He was interviewed by Larry LeSueur and
(Dec. 1955)
Kenneth Crawford about his Antarctic voyages, and said that Antarctica, in the future, would become the most important place in
the world for science.[44]

Operation Deep Freeze I (1955–1956)

As part of the multinational collaboration for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 1957–58, Byrd was appointed as officer in charge of the U.S. Navy
Operation Deep Freeze I in 1955–56, which established permanent Antarctic bases at McMurdo Sound, the Bay of Whales, and the South Pole. This was
Byrd's last trip to Antarctica, and marked the beginning of a permanent U.S. military presence in Antarctica. Byrd spent only one week in the Antarctic, and
started his return to the United States on February 3, 1956.[45]

Death
Admiral Byrd died in his sleep of a heart ailment at the age of 68 on March 11, 1957, at his home at 7 Brimmer Street in the
Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston.[46] He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[47]

Memberships
Byrd was an active Freemason. He was raised (became a Master Mason) in Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC, on
March 19, 1921, and affiliated with Kane Lodge No. 454, New York City, September 18, 1928. He was a member of
National Sojourners Chapter No. 3 at Washington. In 1930, Byrd was awarded a gold medal by Kane Lodge.[48][49] Grave of Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd
In 1931, Byrd became a compatriot of the Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was assigned
state membership number 605 and national membership number 50430. He received the society's War Service Medal for
his service during the First World War.

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He was also a member of numerous other patriotic, scientific, and charitable organizations, including the Explorers Club, the American Legion, and the
National Geographic Society.

Honors
By the time he died, Byrd had amassed 22 citations and special commendations, nine of which were for bravery and two for
extraordinary heroism in saving the lives of others. In addition, he received the Medal of Honor, the Silver Lifesaving Medal, the
Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Navy Cross.

Admiral Byrd is the only person to have three ticker-tape parades in New York City (in 1926, 1927, and 1930) given in his honor.

Byrd was one of only four American military officers in history entitled to wear a medal with his own image on it. The others were
Admiral George Dewey, General John J. Pershing, and Admiral William T. Sampson. As Byrd's image is on both the first and
second Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medals, he was the only American entitled to wear two medals with his own image on them.

He was one of the recipients of the Langley Gold Medal, which is awarded by the Smithsonian Institution for outstanding
achievement in aviation.
Bust of Richard E. Byrd by
He was the seventh recipient of the prestigious Hubbard Medal awarded by the National Geographic Society for his flight to the
Felix de Weldon at
North Pole. Other recipients include Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, and Charles Lindbergh.
McMurdo Station,
Antarctica.
Byrd received numerous medals from nongovernmental organizations in honor of his achievements. These included the David
Livingstone Centenary Medal of the American Geographical Society, the Loczy Medal of the Hungarian Geographical Society, the
Vega Medal of the Swedish Geographical Society, and the Elisha Kent Kane Medal of the Philadelphia Geographical Society.

In 1927, the Boy Scouts of America made Byrd an Honorary Scout, a new category of scout created that same year. This distinction was given to "American
citizens whose achievements in outdoor activity, exploration, and worthwhile adventure are of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of
boys ...".[50]

Also in 1927 the City of Richmond dedicated the Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field, now Richmond International Airport, in
Henrico County, Virginia. Byrd's Fairchild FC-2W2, NX8006, Stars And Stripes, is on display at the Virginia Aviation Museum
located on the north side of the airport, on loan from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

In 1929, Byrd received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Also in 1929, he received the Langley Gold
Medal from the Smithsonian Institution.

Lunar crater Byrd is named after him, as was the United States Navy dry cargo ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) and the
now decommissioned Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23).

In Glen Rock, New Jersey, Richard E. Byrd School was dedicated in 1931.

On March 31, 1934, during a regularly scheduled broadcast, Admiral Byrd was awarded the CBS Medal for Distinguished
Byrd Memorial on Mount Contribution to Radio. Byrd's short-wave relay broadcasts, from his second Antarctic expedition, established a new chapter of
Victoria, New Zealand communication history. Byrd was the sixth individual to receive this award.[51]

The Institute of Polar Studies at the Ohio State University officially changed its name to the
Byrd Polar Research Center (BPRC) on January 21, 1987, after it acquired Byrd's expeditionary records, personal papers,
and other memorabilia in 1985 from the estate of Marie A. Byrd, the late wife of Admiral Byrd. His papers served as the
nucleus for establishment of the BPRC Polar Archival Program in 1990. In 1958. the Richard Byrd library, part of the
Fairfax County Public Library system opened in Springfield, Virginia.

Richard E. Byrd Elementary School, a Department of Defense school located in Negishi (Yokohama, Japan) opened on
September 20, 1948. The name was changed to R.E. Byrd Elementary School on April 5, 1960.
50th Anniversary flag of Byrd's
Memorials to Byrd can be found in two cities in New Zealand (Wellington and Dunedin). Byrd used New Zealand as his
historic flag over the South Pole.
departure point for several of his Antarctic expeditions.

The 50th anniversary of Byrd's first flight over the South Pole was commemorated in a set of two postage stamps by Australian Antarctic Territory in 1979,
and a commemorative flag was designed.[52]

The long-range short-wave voice transmissions from Byrd's Antarctic expedition in 1934 were named an IEEE Milestone in 2001.[53]

Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle School, located in Frederick County, Virginia, was opened in 2005, and is decorated with pictures and letters from Byrd's
life and career.

He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as an honorary member at the University of Virginia.[54]

Byrd was inducted into the International Air and Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air and Space Museum in 1968.[55]

Richard E. Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley, California, is named after Admiral Byrd. The school opened in its present location in 2008 after its original
location was converted to Sun Valley High School.

Popular culture
Jacques Vallée in his book Confrontations mentions a "spurious story" about "'holes in the pole' allegedly found by Admiral Byrd", when he quotes Clint
Chapin of the Copper Medic case as believing the UFOs came from inside the earth.[56]

In Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead, Byrd and the Little America bases are the final stop in Marian Graves' journey to circle the globe by flight over the
North and South Poles.

Military awards
Admiral Byrd was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy. He is, probably, the only individual to receive the Medal
of Honor, Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Silver Life Saving Medal. He also was one of a very few individuals to receive all three Antarctic
expedition medals issued for expeditions prior to the Second World War.

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Decorations and medals

Note – The dates on the table below are the year the award was received and not necessarily the year of the actions the award recognizes.

Naval Aviator Badge

(1917)

Medal of Honor
1st Row
(1926)

Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit

Navy Cross
2nd Row with award star with award star
(1929)
(1926, 1941) (1943, 1946)

Navy Commendation Medal

Distinguished Flying Cross Silver Lifesaving Medal
3rd Row with two stars
(1927) (1914)
(1944)

United States Antarctic

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal Second Byrd Antarctic
Expedition Medal
4th Row issued in Gold Expedition Medal
issued in Gold
(1930)[57] (1937)
(1945)[58]

World War I Victory Medal

American Defense Service Medal
Mexican Service Medal with commendation star
5th Row with service star
(1918) and two campaign clasps
(1940)
(1919)

European-African-Middle Eastern
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal
6th Row with two battle stars
with battle star (1945)
(1942)
(1943)

Commander of the Legion of Honor

Antarctic Service Medal Order of Christopher Columbus
7th Row (1931, France)
(1960, posthumous) (1945, Santo Domingo)
(Officer in 1927)

Commander of the Order of Aviz Officer, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Officer, Order of Aeronautical Virtue
8th Row
(1921, Portugal) (c. 1930, Italy) (c. 1930, Romania)

[41]

Byrd was posthumously eligible for the Antarctic Service Medal, established in 1960, for his participation in the Antarctic expeditions Operation Highjump
(1946 to 1947) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955 to 1956).

Byrd also received numerous other awards from governmental and private entities in the United States.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Commander, United States Navy. Born: October 25, 1888, Winchester, Va. Appointed from: Virginia.
Citation

For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life, in demonstrating that it is possible for aircraft to travel
in continuous flight from a now inhabited portion of the earth over the North Pole and return.

Byrd, along with Machinist Floyd Bennett, was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge on March 5, 1927.

Navy Cross citation

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN:
0–7918), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition I, in
that on November 28, 1929 he took off in his "Floyd Bennett" from the Expedition's base at Little America, Antarctica and, after a flight made

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under the most difficult conditions he reached the South Pole on November 29, 1929. After flying some distance beyond this point he returned to
his base at Little America. This hazardous flight was made under extreme conditions of cold, over ranges and plateaus extending nine to ten
thousand feet above sea level and beyond probable rescue of personnel had a forced landing occurred. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N,
Retired, was in command of this flight, navigated the airplane, made the mandatory preparations for the flight, and through his untiring energy,
superior leadership, and excellent judgment the flight was brought to a successful conclusion.

First Distinguished Service Medal citation

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Richard Evelyn
Byrd Jr. (NSN: 0–7918), United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the
Government of the United States, in demonstrating, by his courage and professional ability that heavier-than-air craft could in continuous flight
travel to the North Pole and return.

General Orders: Letter Dated August 6, 1926

Second Distinguished Service Medal citation

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Navy Distinguished
Service Medal to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN: 0–7918), United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished
service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S. Antarctic Service. Rear
Admiral Byrd did much toward the difficult task of organizing the expedition, which was accomplished in one fourth of the time generally
necessary for such undertakings. In spite of a short operating season, he established two Antarctic bases 1,500 miles apart, where valuable
scientific and economic investigations are now being carried on. With the USS Bear, he penetrated unknown and dangerous seas where
important discoveries were made; in addition to which he made four noteworthy flights, resulting in the discovery of new mountain ranges,
islands, more than a hundred thousand square miles of area, a peninsula and 700 miles of hitherto unknown stretches of the Antarctic coast. The
operations of the Antarctic Service have been a credit to the Government of the United States. His qualities of leadership and unselfish devotion
to duty are in accordance with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

First Legion of Merit citation

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN:
0–7918), United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United
States while in command of a Special Navy Mission to the Pacific from August 27, 1943, to December 5, 1943, when thirty-three islands of the
Pacific were surveyed or investigated for the purpose of recommending air base sites of value to the United States for its defense or for the
development of post-war civil aviation. In this service Admiral Byrd exercised fine leadership in gaining the united effort of civilian, Army, and
Navy experts. He displayed courage, initiative, vision, and a high order of ability in obtain data and in submitting reports which will be of great
present and future value to the National Defense and to the Government of the United States in the post-war period.

Action Date: August 27 – December 5, 1943

Second Legion of Merit citation

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Rear
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN: 0–7918), United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding
services to the Government of the United States as Confidential Advisor to the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval
Operations from March 26, 1942 to May 10, 1942, August 14, 1942 to August 26, 1943, and from December 6, 1943 to October 1, 1945. In the
performance of his duty Rear Admiral Byrd served in the Navy Department and in various areas outside the continental limits of the United
States, employed on special missions on the fighting fronts in Europe and the Pacific. In all assignments his thoroughness, attention to detail,
keen discernment, professional judgment and zeal produced highly successful results. His wise counsel, sound advice and foresight in planning
constituted a material contribution to the war effort and to the success of the United States Navy. The performance of duty of Rear Admiral Byrd
was at all times in keeping with the highest traditions and reflected credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.

General Orders: Board Serial 176P00 (February 4, 1946)

Action Date: March 26, 1942 – October 1, 1945

Distinguished Flying Cross citation

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The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd
Jr. (NSN: 0–7918), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight; in recognition of his courage,
resourcefulness and skill as Commander of the expedition which flew the airplane "America" from New York City to France from June 29 to July
1, 1927, across the Atlantic Ocean under extremely adverse weather conditions which made a landing in Paris impossible; and finally for his
discernment and courage in directing his plane to a landing at Ver sur Mer, France, without serious injury to his personnel, after a flight of 39
hours and 56 minutes.

Action Date: June 29 – July 1, 1927

Letter of Commendation

He rendered valuable service as Secretary and Organizer of the Navy Department Commission on Training Camps, and trained men in aviation in
the ground school in Pensacola, and in charge of rescue parties and afterwards in charge of air forces in Canada.

— Awarded for service from 1917 to 1918 during World War I.[59]

Dates of rank

United States Naval Academy Midshipman – May 28, 1908 (Class of 1912)

Ensign Lieutenant, Junior Grade Lieutenant

June 8, 1915
June 8, 1912 September 2, 1918
(Retired on March 15, 1916.)

Lieutenant Commander Commander Rear Admiral

September 21, 1918

December 21, 1926
(Temporary. Revoked on December 31, 1921.) December 21, 1929
By act of Congress.
February 10, 1925 By act of Congress.
(Date of rank - May 9, 1926.)
(Permanent.)

[60][61]

See also
Biography portal

Adventurers' Club of New York Laurence McKinley Gould List of Medal of Honor recipients during
Byrd Canyon List of Antarctic expeditions peacetime
Ford Ranges List of Freemasons List of members of the American Legion

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Further reading
"The North Pole Flight of Richard E. Byrd: An Overview of the Controversy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20071013144532/http://library.osu.edu/sites/arch
ives/polar/flight/controversy.php). Polar Archival Program, Ohio State University. 2007. Archived from the original (http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/pola
r/flight/controversy.php) on October 13, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2007.
"Richard E. Byrd's 1926 Flight Towards the North Pole" (http://www.dioi.org/vols/wa0.pdf) (PDF). October 25, 2007.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn; Goerler, Raimund Erhard (1998). To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925–1927 (https://archive.org/details/to
polediarynoteb00byrd). Ohio State University Press. ISBN 9780814208007.
"The Flight of the 'America' – 1927" (http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/America-NX206.htm). October 25, 2007.
"Richard E. Byrd 1888–1957" (http://www.south-pole.com/p0000107.htm). October 25, 2007.
"A navigation expert's look at how Byrd's claim is one possible interpretation of his diary" (https://web.archive.org/web/20090916061532/http://www.navwo
rld.com/navcerebrations/polar_flap.htm). October 25, 2007. Archived from the original (http://www.navworld.com/navcerebrations/polar_flap.htm) on
September 16, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
"At the bottom of the World", Popular Mechanics, August 1930, pp. 225–41 (https://books.google.com/books?id=iuIDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Popular+Science+1
930+plane+%22Popular+Mechanics%22&pg=PA225)

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Bibliography
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic The Flight to the South Pole (1930)
Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1935)

External links
Richard Evelyn Byrd letter, MSS 420 (http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/6186) at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee
Library, Brigham Young University
Byrd's Decorations at Military Times (https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044026/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.ph
p?recipientid=2673) via Internet Archive.
"The Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University" (http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/).
The short film Longines Chronoscope with Richard E. Byrd (https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.95934) is available for free download at the
Internet Archive. and from Archived at Ghostarchive (https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PrdSal9uH28) and the Wayback Machine (http
s://web.archive.org/web/20140719002647/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrdSal9uH28&feature=youtu.be): "Public.Resource.Org" (https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=PrdSal9uH28). YouTube. 1954. on YouTube.
Newspaper clippings about Richard E. Byrd (http://purl.org/pressemappe20/folder/pe/002851) in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
The Papers of Richard E. Byrd (https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/2852) at Dartmouth College Library
Philip White Scrapbooks and Correspondence on Admiral Richard Byrd and the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928–1933 (https://archives-manuscripts.dar
tmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/1136) at Dartmouth College Library
Frederick G. Dustin logbook of Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition (https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/2288) at
Dartmouth College Library
The Papers of Thomas B. Mulroy on Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic Expedition (https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/2978) at
Dartmouth College

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