REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 311804
Sale Price $162.00
Reg. $180.00
RICHARD BYRD
The famed polar explorer signs an album leaf.
Signature: "R E Byrd", 6x4 album leaf. Ink note (unknown
hand): "July 12, Sat./1930". On May 9, 1926, Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957)
and Floyd Bennett became the first to fly over the North Pole. Both were
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Scholars have raised questions
about whether or not Byrd actually reached the North Pole but all have agreed
Byrd thought he had reached the North Pole. In 1929, Byrd
established the "Little America" Antarctica base and flew (indisputably) over
the South Pole. He was promoted to Rear Admiral upon his return in 1930. On
his Antarctic expeditions in the 1930s, Byrd discovered Marie Byrd Land and the
Edsel Ford Mountains. Still exploring in his late 60s, he commanded the
Operation High Jump (1946-1947) and Operation Deep Freeze
(1955-1956) operations. Binding holes on left margin. Toned. Soiled. Small stain
near top left corner. Otherwise, fine condition.
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