Richard E. Byrd on March 5, 1927. The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN: 0–7918), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition I, in that on November 28, 1929 he took off in his "Floyd Bennett" from the Expedition's base at Little America, Antarctica and, after a flight made under the most difficult conditions he reached the South Pole on November 29, 1929. After flying some distance beyond this point he returned to his
Charles Lindbergh that it was almost always awarded for heroism in combat. It was presented to Lindbergh by President Coolidge at the White House on . Other noncombat awards of the Medal of Honor were made to naval aviators [[Richard E. Byrd]] and [[Floyd Bennett]], as well as arctic explorer [[Adolphus W. Greely]]. Lindbergh was honored as the first [[Time (magazine)|"Time"]] magazine [[Time Magazine Person of the Year|"Man of the Year"]] when he appeared on that magazine's cover at age 25 , 1928; he remains the youngest Man of the Year ever. The winner of the 1930 Best Woman Aviator of the