General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION DEEPFREEZE IV (Adm. Dufek's Farewell to Antarctica)
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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...
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...
Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
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Lloyd V. Berkner was an engineer and science research administrator. He was the primary initiator of the International Geophysical Year in 1957. This expanded version of the International Polar Year, held in 1882 and 1932, included not only the Arctic and Antarctic, but the whole globe. From the description of Reminiscences of the International Geophysical Year, 1959 June 4. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440290 Physicist. From t...
