Evening star., 1947-04-12
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FLAGSHIP
Is Due 10 Dock
Here Monday
z Men From Areo
70 Return After
rip to Antarctic

Twelve Navy men from the Dis
itrict area win come home Monday
latter six months Of adventure with
the Byrd Antarctic Expedition when
the flagship Mount Olympus docks
IAt the Naval Gun Factory amidst
ceremonies scheduled to begin at
10 am.
On hand to meet Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, Rear Admiral II.
Cruzen, his chief OF stair and others
|of the expedition win be Secretary
|of the Navy Forrestal, Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz, chief Of naval
operations; Admiral w. II. +. Blan-
dy, commander in chief of the At
|lantic Fleet; Rear Admiral Glenn
|B. Davis, cQmmandant Of the poto-
mac River Naval Command, and
Rear Admiral T. D. Ruddock, jr.,
superintendent OF the Naval Gun
Factory.
In addition to Admiral Byrd and
Admiral Cruzen, who lives at 1871
Forty -fourth street NV. the flag
ship has aboard the following per.
ESonnel from the District: 1T. Comdr.
Joseph c. Heide OF 625l Branch
avenue s. E.; 1t. Charles G. Shirley,
4341 Nichols avenue S.W.. 1t.
Robert 4. Nichols, $685. Nichols ave-
nue. S.W.:: 1t. Richard e. Byrd, jr,
1900 F street NV; Marine First 1t.
j. II. Roscoe, 214 Portland street
Sc; Marvyn D. Sprake, 1850 Second
street Sc, and Leonard M. Rizzolla
OF 1901 Lily Ponds drive Sc.
MARYLAND and Virginia Men.
From Maryland are Ensign Harry
F. Mckenzie, 9319 Old Bladensburg
road. Silver Spring, and 1t. Comdr.
Joseph s. Campbell, 1901 Sharon
drive, Silver Spring.
Virginians aboard are Capt. v. D.
Boyd of Arlington, and 1t. Col. r.
g. Love, 1900 Preston road. Alexan-
dria.
A number Of representatives Of
other Government agencies In
Washington are also aboard the
Mount Olympus, as well as q score
Of newspaper correspondents.
The Mount Olympus, as flagship
Of the 13-ship task force that, en-
barked six months ago on Opera
tion Highjump," will be the only one
Of the ships to put into Washington.
The other destroyers, carriers and
ice-b breakers have been ordered into
such widely dispersed ports as Homo
lulu, Seattle and San Diego.
The destroyer Brownson put into
Norfolk on April 8, and the seaplane
tender Currituck is scheduled to ar
rive In Philadelphia about April 20.
The oiler Canisteo will probably ar
rice at Norfolk between April 18
and 20.
Work for Science Hailed.
Recent communications from the
expedition have expressed such OPP
timism about the success of the work
done at the South Pole that it was
said that more scientific and other
data about the Antarctic will be
brought back than has been learned
during the past 100 years.
Although 1t will be more than six
months before all the data collected
can be fully eyaluated, It has been
considered highly successful from
both the military as well as scientific +.
viewpoint. The expedition was the
largest single group ever to range
either the North or South Pole areas
in so short period.
The expedition witnessed for the
first time the launching OF large
land-based type transports from an
Essex class carrier, the Philippine
Sea. These planes were used In
much of the aerial surveying, pho
tographing and mapping Of the
areas.
In addition to those studies which
were strictly naval In character,
work was done by other Government
agencies, among them the Army
air and ground forces, the Weather
Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, the Coast Guard, the Geo.
logical Survey, the photographic
Office, the Woods Hole Oceano-
graphic Institute and the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Summing up the results OF the
expedition here, Navy Department
officials said much had been learned
in the training of naval personnel
in Polar conditions, and the testing
of ships, planes and other equip
ment in the extreme cold. IN
valuable experience was gained In
the technique Of building and main
tanning Polar camp, and many
new or incorrectly cllarted bays,
glaciers, islands and mountains were
discovered.