Peacetime and interim
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
Commander · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
Date not recorded · Place not recorded
Public domain. Underwood & Underwood Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Action
- Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., an unrecorded date
The citation
Official citation
For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life, in demonstrating that it is possible for aircraft to travel in continuous flight from a now inhabited portion of the earth over the North Pole and return.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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