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80-G-613299 Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN

Photo #: 80-G-613299 Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN
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Description: Smoking his twelve-year old pipe and tobacco at Little America, Antarctica, during Operation High Jump, 3 February 1947. The pipe and tobacco, as well as the hut in which Rear Admiral Byrd is seated, were left over from his 1933-35 Antarctic Expedition. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection
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