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    George John Dufek (10 February 1903, Rockford, Illinois – 10 February 1977, Bethesda, Maryland) was an American naval officer, naval aviator, and polar...
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  • Dufek may refer to: 3781 Dufek, a minor planet named after George Dufek Dufek Coast in Antarctica, named after U.S. Rear Admiral George J. Dufek Dufek...
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    Windless Bight (redirect from Dufek Head)
    (US-ACAN) (2000) in association with Tyree Head, q.v., after Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, United States Navy (United States Navy) (1903-77), Commander, United...
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  • the expedition. In 1955, Task Force 43, commanded by Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, was formed to provide logistical support for the expedition. Operation...
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  • Jason De Carteret Edwin de Haven George W. De Long Nina Demme Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski Erich von Drygalski George J. Dufek Jules Dumont d'Urville Lincoln...
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    once again set foot at the South Pole, when a party led by Admiral George J. Dufek of the US Navy landed there in an R4D-5L Skytrain (C-47 Skytrain) aircraft...
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    designated Naval Air Facility McMurdo. On November 28, 1957, Admiral George J. Dufek visited McMurdo with a U.S. congressional delegation for a change-of-command...
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    Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Eastern Group (Task Group 68.3) Capt. George J. Dufek, USN, Commanding Seaplane Tender USS Pine Island. Capt. Henry H. Caldwell...
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    reached on 31 October 1956, when a U.S. Navy group led by Rear Admiral George J. Dufek successfully landed an aircraft there. Six women were flown to the...
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  • Quackenbush as Himself (as Captain Quackenbush) George J. Dufek as Himself (as Captain George Dufek) Paul A. Siple as Himself (as Dr. Siple) Charles...
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    Lieutenant Commander George Washington DeLong (1844–1881) Rear Admiral George J. Dufek (1903–1977) Ensign John R. Elliott (1977–2000) Commander Theodore Gordon...
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  • Milan Dufek (6 May 1944 in Prague – 17 November 2005 in San Andrés, Colombia) was a Czech singer, composer, guitarist and flautist. He was a co-founder...
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    December and went back into commission on 17 January 1951, with Captain George J. Dufek in command. Initially, the carrier conducted shakedown training and...
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    Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, United States Navy, who served under Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd...
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    In October 1819, Smith revisited the South Shetlands, landing on King George Island on 16 October and claimed the new territories for Britain. On 24...
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  • (East Base) Hendrik Dolleman - Dog Driver (East Base) George J. Dufek - Navigator of USS Bear J. Glenn Dyer - Cadastral Engineer, Surveying, Map Making...
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    (Retired) Vice Admiral Richard H. Cruzen, USN Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, USN Dr. Paul A. Siple, Ph.D. J. Glenn Dyer - Cadastral Engineer "Medals and Awards...
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    of several Antarctic expeditions. 1959 Adm. Arleigh Burke Rear Adm. George J. Dufek US Navy Establishing Antarctic science stations. 1962 John Glenn astronaut...
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  • Navy, plane captain on the ski-equipped R4D carrying Rear Admiral George J. Dufek that was the first aircraft to land at the geographic South Pole, on...
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    flight over the South Pole. Twenty-seven years later, Rear-Admiral George J. Dufek became the first person to set foot on the pole since Scott, when on...
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    Hillary with George J. Dufek at Scott Base, just before departure...
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    under the code name Operation Deep Freeze, with Captain George J. Dufek as commanding officer. Dufek would remain as commanding officer through Operation...
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  • 7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Mefjell. It was named for Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, commander of the Eastern Group of Operation Highjump. Dungane Peaks:...
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    chairman during 1973–74. He was also co-author (with E. Schulthess, George J. Dufek, and Raymond Priestly) of Antarctica, Zurich, 1959. Battle Point, Antarctica...
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  • Bureau of Yards and Docks, who was of assistance to Rear Admiral George J. Dufek in the preparation of United States Navy Operation Deep Freeze II,...
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    Dufek Coast, Dufek Head, and Dufek Mountain are also named for Rear Admiral George J. Dufek. Alberts 1995, p. 203. Alberts 1995, pp. 202–203. Dufek Head...
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    after their creation. Sir Edmund Hillary and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral George J. Dufek arrived in one of the two VX-6 Otter airplanes. China's leader Mao...
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  • expedition, which was called Operation Deepfreeze III, led by Admiral George J. Dufek. This was the first U.S. expedition to reach the South Pole. These...
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  • astronomer and discoverer of minor planets MPC · 3780 3781 Dufek 1986 RG1 George J. Dufek (1903–1977), American Antarctic explorer and Rear Admiral MPC ·...
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    Antarctic continent. Cruzen's navigator aboard Bear was Lieutenant George J. Dufek, who would later serve in Operation Highjump and Operation Deep Freeze...
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