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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: September 2, 2015
Caption: Richard Evelyn Byrd Marker, reverse side
Additional Description: Richard Evelyn Byrd
Awarded
Congressional Medal of Honor 1927
Navy Cross 1930
Distinguished Service Medal 1926, 1940
Legion of Merit 1944, 1945
Distinguished Flying Cross 1927
Commendation Medal 1944
Silver Life-Saving Medal 1922
Medal of Freedom 1957
1928-1930 Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal 1930
Second (1933-1935) Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal 1936
1939-1941 United States Antarctic Expedition Medal 1945
Antarctic Service Medal 1946-1947, 19555-1957 1960
National Geographic Society Hubbard Medal 1926
Geographic Society of Chicago Helen Culver Gold Medal 1926
Geographical Society of Philadelphia Elisha Kent Kane Medal 1926
Smithsonian Institution Langley Gold Medal for Aerodromics 1929
American Geographical Society David Livingstone Centenary Medal 1929
Geographic Society of Chicago Gold Medal 1930
National Geographical Society Special Medal of Honor 1930
Honored by many countries for his explorations and heroism
Submitted: September 5, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p327260
File Size: 2.619 Megabytes

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