Quackenbush, Robert S., 1903-1985

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Rear Admiral Robert S. Quackenbush was a naval aviator and director of Navy Photograph during World War II. Other duty experiences include commands aboard the Midway and the Randolph (1951-1953), duty at Paris (1954-1955), and as commander and chief of SOPAC.
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referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP PENGUINS ABOARD SHIP PRESENTATION BY ADM BYRD OF THE SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL SCENES AT WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND SHIPBOARD ACTIVITIES National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. RECOMMISSIONING OF THE USS RANDOLPH (CVA-15) National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. RADM. RICHARD E. BYRD PRESENTS SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL TO EIGHT FORMER MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARTIC AND THIS EXPEDITION ADM."S INSPECTION National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATIONS HIGH JUMP: USS PINE ISLAND; USS NORTH WIND; USS MT. OLYMPUS GET UNDERWAY; ADM. BYRD amp; CRUZEN COME ABOARD National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION, quot;HIGH JUMPquot;: OFFICERS COME ABOARD NORTHWIND FOR CONFERENCE; SHIPS STUCK IN ICE National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION quot;HI JUMPquot; NORTHWIND II (WAGB-282) TOWS USS SENNET (SS-408) ICEBOUND; CAPTAINS FROM TASK FORCE 68 COME ABOARD USCGC NORTHWIND II National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION quot;HI-JUMPquot; R4Dquot;s Arrive At Little America National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP MOUNT OLYMPUS (AGC-8) at WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER VISITS MT. OLYMPUS National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP ACTIVITIES AROUND BASE CAMP SNOW DRIFTS RADM CRUZEN GREETS ADM BYRD UPON ARRIVAL OF THE 1st R4D planes at CAMP HIGHJUMP AIRSTRIP National Archives at College Park
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creatorOf Robert S. Quackenbush, Jr., Oral History Interview, January 6, 1978 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Arctic regions
Antarctica
Subject
Naval reconnaissance
Photographic interpretation (Military science)
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
Photography, Military--United States
Nuclear weapons--Marshall Islands--Testing
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Sailors
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Birth 1903

Death 1985

Birth 1903

Death 1985

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