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Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. of the U.S. Navy. In the years 1946–47, Byrd took part in Antarctica’s Operation Highjump, Bunger and his crew found an undiscovered oasis of land and warm waters in Antarctica. An aircraft carrier, two destroyers, a pair of armed seaplane tenders, one submarine and a sophisticated communications ship, supported by a flotilla of supply vessels, plus 112 aircraft and 4,700 servicemen organised by US Navy commanders
 
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USS Sennet struggles through Operation Highjump (Image Credit: US Navy, Arctic Submarine Laboratory, 1946)
 
“Admiral Richard E. Byrd warned today that it was imperative for the United States to initiate immediate defense measures against hostile forces threatening from the Arctic or Antarctic,” according to van Atta.
 
On his return to Washington, D.C., after Byrd’s interrogation by Security Services officers, he never uttered another word about Operation Highjump, which was simultaneously classified, thereby legally preventing any of its veterans from ever discussing the mission.6 Shortly thereafter, the US Navy published a brief, not very informative, even evasive summary of the Antarctic expedition’s “achievements,” which nonetheless stated that some losses had been incurred.
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