General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADML. BYRD IN SOUTH PACIFIC: CLARION ISLAND. R-3

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADML. BYRD IN SOUTH PACIFIC: CLARION ISLAND. R-3

1947-1980

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1) MCU Group of men on beach of Galapagos Island, USS CONCORD in BG.2) MCU Officer getting in jeep and driving away.3) MCU Man sitting on barrel near beach putting on trousers. Japanese in BG. flies overhead, passing close.4) MCU Man in jeep pulling trailor; pulls up; men load boat onto trailer.5) MCU Man operating transit; surveying.6) MCU Looking over man sighting transit surveying.7) LS Pan Survey signal from beach.8) LS Islet of harber of Galapagos Island.9) MCU Man semaphoring to ship. USS CONCORD in BG.10) MCU Men putting rubber boat into surf. going out to motor whale boat.11) MCU Rubber boat coming up off beach thru surf.12) LS Rock cliffs around Clarion Island. Yellow Pagos group.13) LS Sheer coast and rock cliffs around Clarion Island. Yellow Pagos group. SV.

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...