Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo measuring 5¼ x 7⅜ inches overall and mounted on black archival paper. The original caption is printed directly on the front of the photograph. This image shows the USS Mount Olympus returning to Washington on April 14, 1947, following the U.S. Navy's Antarctic expedition, with a Navy color guard standing at attention as the flagship is warped into the dock by a tug. Aboard were Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, expedition chief, and Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen, commander of the task force. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
