In the 1920s and 1930s, few real-life figures captured the American imagination like Richard E. Byrd. At a time when long-distance aviation was viewed with the same awe as a modern day mission to mars and the earth’s polar regions perceived as as desolate and dangerous as a lunar landscape, the dashing Navy hero…
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October 11: The Conqueror of “Land, Sea, Ice, and Air” Also Conquers Connecticut
In the 1920s and 1930s, few real-life figures captured the American imagination like Richard E. Byrd, the dashing Navy hero and polar explorer who gained international fame after becoming the first man to fly over the North and South poles. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy and serving with distinction as a Navy…
October 11: Polar Explorer Richard Byrd Tours Connecticut
In the 1920s and 1930s, few real-life figures captured the American imagination like Richard E. Byrd, the dashing Navy hero and polar explorer who gained international fame after becoming the first man to fly over the North and South poles. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy and serving with distinction as a Navy…
October 11: Polar Explorer Richard Byrd Tours Connecticut
In the 1920s and 1930s, few real-life figures captured the American imagination like Richard E. Byrd, the dashing Navy hero and polar explorer who gained international fame after becoming the first man to fly over the North and South poles. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy and serving with distinction as a Navy…