General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. DEEP FREEZE Kainan Bay

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. DEEP FREEZE Kainan Bay

1956

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1) MS Rank of men as they stand and salute, drop their right arm, and come to parade rest.2) MS Flag raising commissioning of Little America V, man holding the American flag; officer standing in FG gives the man the signal to raise flag.3) LA MS American flag flying.4) MS Man holding flag as it is being hoisted to top of flagpole (SV).5) MCU Man saluting.6) MS Photographer, with speedgraphic, taking pictures, tent in BG.7) MLS Snow caterpillar moving towards camera.8) MS Several men at work on a snow sled.9) MCU Group of men in snow sled smoking.10) MS-MLS Rank of men standing at attention.11) MS Men in ranks, with hoods over their heads.12) MCU ADM RICHARD E. BYRD and ADM GEORGE DUFEK.13) MS Rank of men, ADM BYRD and ADM DUFEK, man holding the flag and another man holding the halyard for flag raising during ceremony (SV).14) MS Looking down front ranks of men during flag raising.15) MS-MLS ADM BYRD standing before a group of men giving a speech. (SV)16) MCU Men in ranks, with heads bowed, during invocation given by Chaplain at ceremony.17) MS Flag being raised during commissioning; ADM BYRD and ADM DUFEK , and a large group of men standing around flagpole.18) LA MCU ADM BYRD and ADM DUFEK saluting during flag raising.19) MS Two men, with beards, wearing orange colored clothing.20) LA MCU Man reading invocation from bible.21) MS Two men, in orange suits, saluting.22) HA MS Looking over a hatch, hook from crane coming down into hatch, a man stands on top of hatch; hook is raised with large wooden box attached.23) HA MS Steel blocks, with a cable running from winch to back, during offloading operations aboard USS ARNEB (AKA-56)24) HA MLS Looking over the side of USS ARNEB at a sled partially loaded with supplies; hook from crane is lowered over side, men await the box (SV)25) LA MS Man on top of hatch-way steadying hook, which comes up with a large crateto be off-loaded onto a sled alongside ship.26) MLS Boxes off-loaded from ship onto sled.27) MS Large sled alongside ship; large wooden crate comes over side onto sled, being guided by men on sled near ship"s booms and hooks.28) LA MS Large box being lowered over side of ship; three men catch box to steady it and place it into position on sled.29) LA MS Large tanks being lowered over side.30) HA MS Large stack of lumber being lowered over the side; several men steady it onto sled.31) LA MS Large piece of equipment going over side to be put onto sled.32) LS Starb"d side of ship, activity on ice next to ship; tractors, sled loaded and being unloaded by ship"s crane.QUALITY GOOD TO FAIR

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Dufek, George J. (George John), 1903-

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George John Dufek (1903- ) was an American naval officer and arctic expert. Born in Rockford, Illinois, he joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at his local high school and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1921. Upon graduation in 1925 he received his ensign's commission and commenced his career aboard the battleship USS Maryland . In 1932 he entered flight training school at the U.S. Navy air station in Pensacola, Florida; after graduati...

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...