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    Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar...
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    Richard Evelyn Byrd III (February 19, 1920 – c. October 3, 1988), usually referred to as Richard E. Byrd Jr., was a United States naval officer, Antarctic...
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    Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (August 13, 1860 – October 23, 1925) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman. He was the father of politician Harry...
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  • Richard Byrd (American football) (born 1962), American football player Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia politician Richard Evelyn Byrd III...
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  • Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (1888–1957) was an American naval officer and polar explorer. Richard Evelyn Byrd also refer to: Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925)...
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    airport was dedicated as Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field in 1927 in honor of aviator Richard E. Byrd, brother of then Gov. Harry F. Byrd. Charles Lindbergh...
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    centuries, is dedicated to Saint Martin. On 1 July 1927, Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd was forced to crash land his plane, America, in the sea off Ver-sur-Mer...
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    aviator and polar explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957). His other younger brother, Thomas Bolling Byrd (1890–1968), became an infantry captain...
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    USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, named after noted polar explorer Admiral...
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    1939–1941 – United States Antarctic Service Expedition – led by Richard Evelyn Byrd (Byrd's third expedition) 1943–1945 – Operation Tabarin – led by Lieutenant...
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    ("Westie"), and two brothers, Richard Evelyn (Dick) and Beverley. The Byrds were one of the First Families of Virginia, and Byrd was a member of the Virginia...
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    1961 – Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 1961 – Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
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    green flash. It was seen on and off for 35 minutes by members of the Richard Evelyn Byrd party from the Antarctic Little America exploration base in 1934:...
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    expedition, led by Roald Amundsen 1928-1930: Richard Evelyn Byrd - First expedition 1933-1935: Richard Evelyn Byrd - Second expedition 1939-1941: United States...
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    Harry Byrd's uncle, U.S. Congressman Hal Flood, was one of the organization leaders until his death in 1921, and Byrd's father Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. had...
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    USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy. She is the second United States Navy ship to be named...
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  • Richard C. Byrd (c. 1805–1854), American politician Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman Richard E. Byrd...
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  • recommendation of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, after James I. Bush, United States financier and patron of the Byrd AE, 1928–30. The Bush Mountains...
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    11 months later. The overland journey was never made. US Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, with the assistance of his first pilot Bernt Balchen, became the...
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  • during the 18th century by William Byrd III through gambling and bad investments, descendant Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. became wealthy as an apple grower...
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  • Svalbard and meeting Richard Evelyn Byrd there. (Ny-Ålesund was the northernmost point of departure for both.) Owen joined the First Byrd Antarctic Expedition...
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  • Philip Brocklehurst William Speirs Bruce Georgy Brusilov Daniel Byles Richard Evelyn Byrd Todd Carmichael Umberto Cagni Jacques Cartier Jean-Baptiste Charcot...
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  • Alone, a 1921 travel book by Norman Douglas Alone, a 1938 memoir by Richard Evelyn Byrd Alone (Bill Evans album), 1970 Alone (Again), by Bill Evans, 1977...
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  • water, and a Crescent wrench and pliers". There was a rumor that Richard Evelyn Byrd, on his initial journey to Alaska, had a Crescent wrench in his provisions...
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    Tana River" by James L. Clark, "My Flight Over the Atlantic" by Richard Evelyn Byrd, "In the Jungles of Cochin-China" by Theodore Roosevelt, "Shipwreck"...
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    Ensign on 12 June 1878. Captain Richard L. Burke, USCG, Coast Guard aviation pioneer. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN – Organized, led and flew on...
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    Sea to reach King's Bay at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. There Nobile met Richard Evelyn Byrd preparing his Fokker Trimotor for his North Pole attempt. Nobile...
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  • Buffalo: The Unknown Soldier of WWI 1928, Charles Lindbergh 1928, Richard Evelyn Byrd 1929, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 1934, Eddie Rickenbacker 1944, and Douglas...
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    Jacobs' early machines was transported to Antarctica by Richard Evelyn Byrd and installed at Byrd's 'Little America' in 1933, operating until 1955. In the...
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    Virginia, adjacent to Richmond International Airport (formerly "Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field"). Erected in 1986, the museum housed a collection of...
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