BYRD HONOURED
WASHINGTON, March 28. Rear-Admiral Byrd received the Langley medal for aerodromics and was elevated by M. Claudel from Officer to Command of the Legion ol Honour. Bryd exhibited his usual tumidness at the ceremony and gave all the credit of his work to his shipmates. lie stated: “There are several projects worthy of attention —a flight from Siberia across the North Foie, for ininstance, or over the unexplored regions of the Antarctic from Little America. There are many secrets we must learn, but although I am shaping things up, I am unable to reveal my exact plans If I did T would be flooded with requests from men ho would go with me ” Byrd declined to discuss the Nautilius expeditior beyond saying: “Wilkins is one (iif (he world’s best fellow.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 94, 30 March 1931, Page 8
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