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NH 57393 Honorable Claude Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, (sitting) and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, (standing to the left)

Photo #: NH 57393 Honorable Claude Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, (sitting) and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, (standing to the left)
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Description: Honorable Claude Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, (sitting) and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, (standing to the left) Secretary Swanson presents the Medal of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition to Rear Admiral Byrd on 15 October 1937. Looking on from left to right are: Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Mr. William C. Haines, Meteorologist; Dr. Alton A. Lindsey; and Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph
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