Herbert Hoover actually said...

Our thoughts include also appreciation of your companions in flight and your colleagues, whose careful and devoted preparation has contributed to your great success.

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Message Congratulating Commander Richard E. Byrd on His Flight Over the South Pole.

11/28/1929

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