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Also Known As Richard Evelyn Byrd
Born October 25, 1888 • Winchester • Virginia
Died March 11, 1957 (aged 68) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Medal of Honor

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Richard E. Byrd stands on a ship deck in heavy fur clothing and a leather cap, holding a sundial compass during an Antarctic expedition.
Airplane routes over the North Pole, including the one flown by Richard E. Byrd in 1926.
Richard E. Byrd
Fokker used by Byrd and Bennett in their attempt to fly to the North Pole
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Charles Wilkes, photograph by Mathew B. Brady
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Bennett, Floyd
Floyd Bennett
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