General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP PANAMA CANAL: SAILORS CLEANING amp; PAINTING ABOARD USS MOUNT OLYMPUS (AGC-8) ADM. RICHARD E. BYRD

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP PANAMA CANAL: SAILORS CLEANING amp; PAINTING ABOARD USS MOUNT OLYMPUS (AGC-8) ADM. RICHARD E. BYRD

1947

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1) LS Panama Canal tug boat beside USS MT. OLYMPUS (AGC-8).2) LS USS PINE ISLAND (AV-12) & MT. OLYMPUS passing in Panama Canal.3) US Sailors work on antennae radar screen at left.4) US Admiral"s flag & colors in center of king posts.5) CU Sailors working on ship painting & cleaning blinker.6) MCU Personnel sun-bathing and playing games on deck.7) MCU Crew building crew"s boxes.8) DS Deck activity, waves coming over bow of ship (wide angle lense, very soft).9) MCU Sailors painting railing of ship.10) MCU Sun-bathers on deck.11) DS Over bow of ship, waves, rough sea. (Wide angle lense, soft).12) LS Looking out at sea from MT. OLYMPUS while underway.13) CU Adm. Richard E. Byrd"s son Richard, Jr. lying on the deck his pet dog plays around him.14) MS CU ADM. Byrd & son walking on deck, (NG. Cameraman had lense trouble).15) CU ADM. Byrd and Lt. Allan E. Stein.16) CU ADM. Byrd & Capt. Butters, (USMC).QUALITY GOOD

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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...