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Richard Evelyn Byrd
出生(1888-10-25)1888年10月25日
Winchester, Virginia
逝世1957年3月11日(1957歲—03—11)(68歲)
Boston, Massachusetts
Place of burialArlington National Cemetery
效命United States of America
軍種United States Navy
服役年份1912-1927
1940-1947
軍銜Rear Admiral
參與戰爭World War II
獲得勳章Medal of Honor
Navy Cross
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Legion of Merit

拜爾德 Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., 拜爾德1888年10月25日—1957年3月11日)是20世紀一位美國海軍少將,曾經在西元1947年探險隊前往北極探險。

祖先

He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia. His ancestors included planter John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who established Richmond, and Robert "King" Carter, a colonial governor. He was the brother of Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, a dominant figure in Virginia Democratic Party between the 1920s and 1960s; their father served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates for a time.

家庭成員

Admiral Byrd was married (20 January 1915) to the former Marie Donaldson Ames [he named a region of Antarctic land he discovered 「Marie Byrd Land」] and had four children:

  • Richard Evelyn Jr., (grandchildren Richard Byrd, Leverett S. Byrd, Ames Byrd, and Harry Flood Byrd II)
  • Evelyn Bolling Byrd Clarke (grandchildren Evelyn Byrd Clarke, Marie Ames Clarke, Eleanor Clarke, and Richard Byrd Clarke)
  • Catherine Agnes Byrd Breyer (grandchildren Robert Byrd Breyer and Katherine Ames Breyer)
  • Helen Byrd Stabler (grandchildren David Stabler and Ann Blanchard Stabler)

教育和美國海軍

Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute before financial circumstances inspired his transfer to the United States Naval Academy in 1912. He learned to fly in World War I during his tour with the United States Navy. He developed a passion for flight, and pioneered many techniques for navigating airplanes over the open ocean including drift indicators and bubble sextants. His expertise in this area resulted in his appointment to plan the flight path for the U.S. Navy's 1919 transatlantic crossing. Of the three flying boats that attempted it, only Albert Read's NC-4 aircraft completed the trip, becoming the first ever transatlantic flight.[1]

前進北極

西元1947年2月19日拜爾德少將和幾名軍人組成探險隊,準備前往北極進行探險,去北極探險結束後寫下下段日記在近十年才公佈的內容。

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