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    Early Years

    Richard Evelyn Byrd was born on October 25, , in Winchester, Virginia, to Richard Evelyn Byrd (–), an attorney, and Eleanor Bolling Flood. Byrd&#;s family was long prominent in Virginia: his older brother was Harry Flood Byrd Sr., who served as governor (–), U.S. senator (–), and head of the Byrd Organization, a statewide political machine. Byrd attended the Shenandoah Valley Military Academy and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington in In that same year, he enrolled at the University of Virginia, but he left the university in to attend the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Byrd received an ensign&#;s commission in and served on several battleships. On January 20, , he married Marie Donaldson Ames and the couple later had one son and three daughters.

    Byrd injured a foot while participating in gymnastics at the Naval Academy. The foot never healed properly and it forced his retirement from the Navy in March Byrd possessed skills that the

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    Richard E. Byrd

    American naval officer, explorer (–)

    For his father, the Virginia lawyer and politician, see Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr.

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    Birth nameRichard Evelyn Byrd 4th
    Born()October 25,
    Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
    DiedMarch 11, () (aged&#;68)
    Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Place of burial

    Arlington National Cemetery,
    Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

    AllegianceUnited States
    Service / branchUnited States Navy
    Years&#;of service–
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    RankRear Admiral
    Battles / warsWorld War I
    World War II
    Awards
    Spouse(s)

    Marie Ames Byrd

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    Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, – March 11, ), was an American naval officer,[1] and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also kn

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    		Richard Evelyn Byrd was born into a famous Virginia family in He entered the United States Naval Academy at the age of 20 and was commissioned in His passion for the airplane began during World War inom when he learned to fly. Subsequently Byrd became a flying instructor for the US Navy. Significant credit must be given Byrd for the present American interest in the south polar regions. His success as a naval aviator and transatlantic flier, along with the North Pole flyover, instilled enough confidence in the public to man them financially assist in the support of his first two Antarctic expeditions. From Byrd's first expedition in until , eleven expeditions, excluding the WILKINS-HEARST EXPEDITION , left the United States for Antarctica. Byrd was a conspicuous player in six of them with four being sponsored bygd the United States government. His successful polar flights undoubtedly were due to his pioneering experimentation during World War I of flying over water out