Peacetime and interim
Floyd Bennett
Machinist · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
Date not recorded · Place not recorded
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Floyd Bennett, an unrecorded date
The citation
Official citation
For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life as a member of the Byrd Arctic Expedition and thus contributing largely to the success of the first heavier-than-air flight to the North Pole and return.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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