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NH 41634 President Calvin Coolidge

Photo #: NH 41634 President Calvin Coolidge
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Description: Presents to the Medal of Honor to Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN, and Machinist Floyd Bennett on White House grounds, circa 1927. They were awarded the Medal of Honor for their flight to the North Pole on 9 May 1926. Personnel left to right are: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore D. Robinson; Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur; Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN; President Calvin Coolidge; Machinist Floyd Bennett, USN; Admiral Edward W. Eberle, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral William A. Moffett, USN, Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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