Show Me a Hero

by Jeremy Scott

  newspaper accounts given 1

  and Nobile rescue attempt 1, 2, 3, 4

  and North Pole expedition 1

  opinion of Nobile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  patriotism of 1, 2

  provides assistance to Byrd 1

  reaches North Pole 1

  recruits Nobile 1

  reputation of 1, 2, 3, 4

  and return of Byrd and Bennett 1

  ‘sense of humour’ of 1

  stress of 1, 2

  and Wilkins banquet 1

  will power of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions INITIAL

  aircraft for 1, 2, 3

  becomes stranded 1

  communications equipment 1, 2

  failure of 1

  food supplies 1, 2

  funding for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  navigation equipment 1

  planning of 1

  recruitment for 1

  rescue of 1

  ‘secret intention’ of 1

  sets sail 1

  support party 1

  takes flight 1, 2

  technical crew 1

  SECOND

  airships for 1, 2, 3

  flight to the Pole 1

  funding for 1, 2, 3

  reaches North Pole 1

  Annapolis Naval Academy 1, 2, 3

  ‘Arctic postal service’ 1

  Arnold, Major General 1

  Astor, William Waldorf 1

  Astor, Vincent 1, 2

  Astor IV, John Jacob 1

  automobile industry (US) 1

  aviation birth of 1

  popularity of 1, 2, 3

  US industry 1, 2, 3

  Balbo 1, 2, 3, 4

  Balchen, Bernt admiration for Amundsen 1, 2

  Antarctic expedition 1, 2, 3

  appearance of 1, 2

  and Bremen rescue mission 1

  and Byrd’s fraud 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  deportation orders 1, 2

  dropped from Norge flight 1, 2

  excluded from awards 1, 2

  friendship with Bennett 1,

  1, 2, 3

  health of 1

  joins Byrd’s team 1, 2

  joins Ellsworth’s team 1

  and meeting of Amundsen and Byrd 1

  meets King of Norway 1

  memoirs of 1

  in Paris 1

  provides assistance to Byrd 1, 2

  reaches North Pole 1, 2

  relationship with Byrd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  retires from Air Force 1

  and return of Byrd and Bennett 1

  test flights 1, 2

  tours US 1, 2

  and trans-Antarctic expedition 1, 2, 3

  and transatlantic flight 1

  US citizenship 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  and World War II 1

  Balchen, Bess 1, 2, 3

  Balchen, Lillegut 1

  Bartlett, Captain 1, 2, 3, 4

  Bay of Whales (Antarctica) 1, 2, 3

  BBC TV 1, 2

  Bear (ship) 1

  Behounek, Dr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Belgica (ship) 1

  Bennett, Floyd aborted take-off 1

  Antarctic expedition 1

  and Bremen rescue mission 1

  crash landing 1

  death of 1

  fraud of 1, 2, 3

  friendship with Balchen 1, 2, 3, 4

  health of 1, 2, 3

  joins Byrd’s team 1

  ‘reaches North Pole’ 1

  relationship with Byrd 1

  returns to Kings Bay 1

  returns to New York 1

  takes off from Kings Bay 1

  test flights 1, 2, 3

  tours US 1

  and transatlantic flight 1

  Best, Stanley 1

  Biagi 1, 2, 3

  Biltmore Hotel (Manhattan) 1, 2

  Bleriot, Louis 1, 2

  Bolling Advance Weather Base 1, 2

  Bolshevism 1, 2

  Bowdain (ship) 1, 2, 3

  Braathen, Chris 1, 2

  Bremen (monoplane) 1, 2, 3

  Bureau of Aeronautics 1, 2

  Bureau of Naval Personnel (Washington) 1

  Bureau of Navigation 1

  Byrd, Harry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Byrd, Marie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Byrd, Admiral Richard ambition of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  anxiety of 1, 2, 3

  Antarctic expeditions INITIAL

  advice on 1, 2

  aircraft for 1, 2

  base established 1

  funding for 1, 2

  media entourage 1

  planning of 1, 2, 3

  reaches South Pole 1

  recruitment for 1

  sets sail 1

  takes off 1

  tension among crew 1

  SECOND

  base camp established 1

  funding for 1, 2

  meteorological stations established 1

  sets sail 1

  success of 1

  appearance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Arctic expedition aborted start 1

  aircraft for 1

  arrives at Kings Bay 1

  funding for 1

  media entourage 1, 2, 3

  ‘reaches the North Pole’ 1

  returns to Kings Bay 1

  takes flight 1

  awarded Congressional Medal of Honor 1

  awarded Distinguished Flying Cross 1, 2

  background of 1, 2, 3

  at Bolling Advance Weather Base 1, 2

  and Bremen rescue mission 1

  carbon monoxide poisoning 1, 2

  crash landing 1

  courage of 1

  death of 1

  and enlightenment 1, 2

  and fame 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 fraud of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  funeral of 1

  and gymnastics 1, 2

  heroic status of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  house of 1

  influence of 1, 2, 3, 4

  inventions of 1, 2, 3, 4

  leadership of 1, 2, 3

  limp of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  marriage to Marie 1

  meets Amundsen 1

  Nova Scotia posting 1, 2

  paranoia of 1, 2, 3

  public relations skills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  rafts aircraft ashore 1

  ‘reaches North Pole’ 1

  recruits Balchen 1, 2

  relationship with Bennett 1

  relationship with Balchen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  relationship with McDonald 1, 2, 3

  returns to Kings Bay 1

  returns to New York 1

  and self-promotion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  sends reports to Wilbur 1, 2

  transatlantic flights 1, 2, 3

  see also MacMillan–McDonald–Byrd Expedition

  Byrd, Jnr., Richard E. 1

  ‘café society’ (US) 1

  Camp, Walter 1, 2

  Capitol building (Washington) 1

  Carnegie Hall (New York) 1

  carrier pigeons 1

  CBS (radio network) 1

  Cecioni 1, 2, 3, 4

  celebrity culture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Chantier (steamer) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Citroën, Andre 1

  Citroën tractors 1, 2, 3

  Città di Milano (ship) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  City of New York (ship) 1, 2, 3

  Cleveland Tractor Company 1

  Coman, Dana 1

  Commission of Inquiry (Rome) 1, 2

  consumer culture 1, 2, 3

  Cook, Frederick 1

  Coolidge, President Calvin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Corriere della Sera (Italian newspaper) 1

  ‘cosmic law’ 1, 2

  Courtauld, August 1

  Crocker Land 1, 2

  Crowhurst, Donald 1

  Curtiss seaplanes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Czegka, Victor 1

  Daniels, Naval Secretary 1

  Deception Island (Antarctica) 1

  Denby, Edwin 1

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bsp; Dietrichson, Lief 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Dornier Aircraft Company 1

  Dornier Wal amphibians 1, 2

  Drake, Francis 1

  Drottningholm (liner) 1

  Earhart, Amelia 1

  Earp, Wyatt 1, 2

  Eckener, Professor Hugo 1, 2, 3, 4

  economy (US) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Eleanor Bolling (steel freighter) 1, 2

  Ellsworth, Clare 1, 2

  Ellsworth, Lincoln admiration for Amundsen 1, 2

  ambition of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  appearance of 1, 2

  and ‘Arctic postal service’ 1

  arrives in Seattle 1

  crash lands 1, 2, 3

  despondency of 1

  fitness of 1

  funds expeditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  inheritance of 1, 2

  meets Amundsen 1

  memoirs of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  newspaper accounts given 1

  opinion of Nobile 1, 2

  public recognition for 1

  reaches North Pole 1

  relationship with father 1, 2, 3

  rescues Dietrichson and Omdal 1

  and trans-Antarctic expedition 1, 2, 3

  see also Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions

  Ellsworth, James W. 1, 2, 3, 4

  E. P. Dutton (publisher) 1

  Ernpey, Guy 1

  Etah 1, 2, 3, 4

  Fairbanks (Alaska) 1, 2

  Fairchild (ship) 1

  Farley, James 1

  Farm (yacht) 1

  Federal Reserve Board (US) 1

  Federal War Shipping Board (US) 1

  Feucht 1, 2

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1, 2, 3

  Flagler Fjord 1

  Floyd Bennett (tri-motor plane) 1, 2, 3

  Flying Corps (US) 1

  Foch, Marechal 1

  Fokker, Tony 1, 2, 3, 4

  Fokker aircraft 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Ford, Corey 1

  Ford, Edsel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Ford, Henry 1, 2, 3

  Ford, Jo 1, 2

  Ford Motor Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Foyn Island 1, 2

  Franklin, Sir John 1

  General Foods 1

  General Motors 1

  Gibbs, Woolcott 1

  Golden Globe race 1

  Gould, Dr Lawrence 1, 2, 3, 4

  Graf Zeppelin (airship) 1, 2

  Grand Hotel (Oslo) 1, 2

  Great Depression 1, 2

  Greenly Island 1

  Guggenheim Foundation 1

  Haakon, King of Norway 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hammer, Mr 1, 2

  Harding, President Warren 1, 2, 3

  Hardwick, Senator 1

  Heimdal (ship) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Henson, Matt 1

  Herald Tribune (newspaper) 1

  Hill, George Washington 1

  Hitler, Adolf 1

  Hoare, Sir Samuel 1

  Hobby (ship) 1, 2

  Hoover, President Herbert 1, 2, 3, 4

  ‘Hoovervilles’ 1

  Huenefeld, Baron von 1

  Italia (airship) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Italian Geographical Society 1

  Jacob Ruppert (ship) 1

  jazz music 1, 2, 3, 4

  Jo Ford (tri-motor plane) aborted take-off 1

  becomes an icon 1

  engine leak 1

  naming of 1

  navigational instruments 1

  overtakes Norge 1

  rafted ashore 1

  ‘reaches North Pole’ 1

  returns to Kings Bay 1

  speed of 1, 2

  takes flight 1

  test flights 1, 2

  US tour 1, 2

  J.P. Morgan (financial services company) 1

  Julian, Hubert Fauntleroy 1

  June, Harold 1

  Keedick, Lee 1, 2, 3

  Keedick Associates Inc. 1

  Kellet Corporation 1

  Kings Bay (Spitsbergen) base constructed at 1, 2, 3

  climate of 1, 2

  landscape of 1, 2, 3

  national rivalry at 1

  and Arctic expedition plans 1

  Kitty Hawk 1

  Knickerbocker, Cholly 1

  Krassin (ice-breaker) 1, 2, 3

  Ku Klux Klan 1, 2

  Larsen (whaling ship) 1

  Latham amphibian (seaplane) 1

  Le Pas (Canada) 1

  Leviathan (ship) 1

  Liljequist, Gosta 1, 2

  Lindbergh, Charles A 1, 2

  Little America (base camp) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Liv Glacier 1

  Loening flying boats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Löwenstein-Wertheim, Princess 1

  Lucky Strike (cigarette brand) 1, 2

  Lundborg 1

  Mackay, Elsie 1

  MacMillan, Professor 1, 2

  MacMillan–McDonald–Byrd Expedition aircraft lost 1, 2

  funding for 1, 2, 3

  planning of 1

  radio communications for 1, 2

  recruitment for 1

  ‘rescue plan’ of 1

  sails for home 1

  sets sail 1

  ships for 1

  Macrae, Elliot 1

  Maddalena, Captain 1, 2

  Malgren, Dr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Malyghin (ice-breaker) 1

  Mariano 1, 2, 3

  Marie Byrd Land 213

  mass media 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Maude (ship) 1

  Mayflower (steam yacht) 1

  McDonald Jnr., E. F. 1, 2

  see also MacMillan–McDonald–Byrd Expedition

  McKinley, Captain 1

  Mellon, Andrew 1

  Mitchell, General 1

  Mooney, Dr James 1

  Murphy, Charles J. V. 1, 2, 3

  Mussolini, Benito 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Nansen, Fridtjof 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  National Geographic Magazine 1

  National Geographic Society (US) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Nautilus (submarine) 1

  ‘Navicator’ (direction-finding device) 1, 2

  navigation instruments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  New Deal (US) 1

  New York 1, 2, 3

  New York Herald Tribune (newspaper) 1

  New York Times (newspaper) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  New Yorker (magazine) 1

  Newsweek (magazine) 1

  Nobile, Carlotta 1, 2

  Nobile, Maria 1, 2, 3

  Nobile, General Umberto admiration for Mussolini 1, 2, 3

  ambition of 1

  appearance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  arrives at Kings Bay 1, 2

  arrives in Seattle 1

  arrogance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  and Communism 1

  crash lands 1

  disgraced 1, 2, 3

  erratic nature of 1, 2, 3, 4

  heroic status of 1

  Italia expedition 1, 2

  joins Amundsen’s team 1

  newspaper accounts given 1, 2

  papal mission 1, 2, 3

  pilots the Norge 1

  reputation of 1, 2

  rescued 1, 2

  reunited with Ellsworth 1

  speaking tour of US 1

  stranded on the ice 1, 2, 3

  see also Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions

  Nome (Alaska) 1

  Nordenskjölds, Baren 1

  Norge (airship) arrives at Kings Bay 1

  capacity of 1

  crew of 1, 2, 3

  flight to the Pole 1

  at Leningrad 1, 2

  naming of 1

  prepares to take off 1, 2

  reaches North Pole 1

  repairs to 1

  shipped back to Italy 1

  speed of 1

  takes flight 1

  Norway 1, 2, 3

  Norwegian Geographical Society 1

  Omaha Beach 1

  Omdal, 1, 2

  Orteig, Raymond 1, 2

  Orteig Prize 1, 2

  Owen,
Russell 1

  Pacific Quadrant (Antarctica) 1, 2

  Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1

  Paley, William S. 1

  Palmer, Attorney General 1

  Pan American Airways 1

  Pearson, Drew 1

  Peary, Admiral 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Peary (ship) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Picardy (Royal Mail ship) 1

  Point Barrow 1, 2, 3

  Polar Star (monoplane) 1, 2

  Pool, Beekman H. 1

  Pope Pius XI 1, 2, 3

  Poulter, Dr 1, 2, 3

  Prohibition (US) 1, 2, 3

  prosperity (US) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  public relations 1

  ‘quadricycle’ 1

  Queen Maud mountains 1, 2

  Quota Act (1921) 1

  race riots (US) 1, 2

  ‘race to the Pole’ media event 1, 2, 3, 4

  radio communication 1, 2

  Ramm 1

  ‘rated capacity’ 1

  Readers Digest (magazine) 1

  ‘Red Scare’ (US) 1, 2

  Richard the Third (Curtiss Oriole) 1

  Richmond 1

  Riiser-Larsen, Hjalmar and airships 1

  constructs ice runway 1

  extracts Feucht’s tooth 1

  joins Amundsen’s team 1

  opinion of Nobile 1, 2

  restarts engines 1

  reunited with Balchen 1

  takes command of Norge 1, 2

  see also Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions

  ‘Roaring Twenties’ 1, 2, 3, 4

  Rockefeller, Jnr. John D. 1, 2, 3, 4

  Rockefeller, Nelson 1

  Rogers, Will 1

  Romagna, Captain 1, 2, 3

  Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 1, 2, 3

  Ruth, Babe 1

  Scott, Captain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Shackleton, Ernest 1

  Skyward (autobiography) 1

  Snow Hill Island 1, 2

  Some Like It Hot (film) 1

  Southern Cross (aircraft) 1

  Spirit of St Louis (single engine plane) 1

  Stavangerfjord (ship) 1

  stock market crash 1, 2, 3

  ‘Suicide Club’ 1

  Sunday Times (newspaper) 1, 2

  Sverdrug, Professor 1

  Sverre, Major 1, 2

  technological advances 1, 2

  Thommessen, Dr Rolf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Thule (Greenland) 1, 2