General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HIGH JUMP: ADMIRALS RICHARD BYRD AND RICHARD CRUZEN DEPART USS MT. OLYMPUS (AGC-8): PANAMA CANAL TRANSIT

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HIGH JUMP: ADMIRALS RICHARD BYRD AND RICHARD CRUZEN DEPART USS MT. OLYMPUS (AGC-8): PANAMA CANAL TRANSIT

1946

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1) MS Signal flags flying.2) MS Admirals Richard Byrd & Richard Cruzen depart USS MT.OLYMPUS (AGC-8).3) SHS Sailors leaning over the side of MT.OLYMPUS watching the departure of Admirals Byrd & Cruzen.4) SHS Taken from ship: Crowd waving farewell to personnel aboard MT. OLYMPUS as it pulls away from dock (shadow of superstructure of ship on bldgs.-good shot).5) SHS Train pulls MT. OLYMPUS thru the Panama Canal.6) LS Cargo, locks in FG.7) MS Men on stern of MT. OLYMPUS looking back at locks.8) LS Ships underway; men milling about on MT.OLYMPUS in FG.9) SHS Sailor looking down at muddy water.10) LS Looking back at locks of Panama Canal.11) MS Radar screen on MT. OLYMPUS.12) MS PAN Men milling about; pan up to colors.13) MS Independence class CVL underway.14) MS Taken aboard ship as it approaches the Canal, sailors on deck in FG.15) MS Ship enters the locks (good).16) MS PAN Train pulls ship thru locks.QUALITY GOOD

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Cruzen, Richard H. (Richard Harold), 1897-1970

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Richard Harold Cruzen (Apr. 28, 1987-Apr. 15, 1970), retired U.S. Navy admiral, was second in command to Admiral Richard E. Byrd during Antarctic expeditions from 1939 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1947. From the description of Cruzen, Richard H. (Richard Harold), 1897-1970 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10615270 ...

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...