Word: bernt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bernt Balchen, 45, beefy, blue-eyed, Norwegian-born pilot who flew Admiral Byrd over the South Pole in 1929 and has logged a record mileage over polar regions, received the Legion of Merit for his aid, last year, in evacuating 2,000 Norwegians from Sweden by air, and for parachuting supplies and espionage agents to the European underground...
Squat, barrel-chested, Norwegian-born Bernt Balchen was one of the great U.S. peacetime heroes. He began flying more than 20 years ago, piloted Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd across the Atlantic in 1927 and over the South Pole in 1929. Last week Bernt Balchen, now a 42-year-old U.S. Army colonel, was back in a hero's role again-this time in barren, ice-capped Greenland...
...Organized an Aviation Division, with 30 pilots for a starter, including Rear Admiral Byrd, Bernt Balchen. Clyde Pangborn, Roscoe Turner, to publicize the Committee with a nationwide air tour...