Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007. Official Military Personnel Files, 1885 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for Robert Peary.

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Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007. Official Military Personnel Files, 1885 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for Robert Peary.

1910-1956

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This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Post-Service Documents (March 4, 1911-March 7, 1956); Correspondence (October 2, 1913-March 20, 1956); Medical Records (December 15, 1910-February 20, 1920); Original Containers (n.d.).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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SNAC Resource ID: 11644325

National Archives at St. Louis

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Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...