A signed photographic portrait of rear Admiral Byrd, together with newspaper clipping from the Wichita Eagle, January 10, 1937, 'Admirers Swmp Byrd with Requests for Autographs'. Byrd is one of the most highly decorated officers in the History of the United Nates Navy, and was a Recipient of the Medal of Honor also a Pioneering Explorer, Byrd Claimed to Have been the first Aviator to fly to both the north and south poles, and Partipated in Antarctic Expeditions.