Interview of Edward John Frankiewicz by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: Frankiewicz, Edward John, 1919-
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
• Subjects: Operation Deepfreeze III; Aeronautics > Arctic regions > Interviews; Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Frankiewicz; Edward John; 1919- > Interviews; Arctic; Bowers; Bursey; Byrd; Coley; Gardiner; Pullen; Siple; Skilling; Streich; Torbert; Tuck; VX-6; Waldron; Wilkins; Zumberge; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6061

Lt. Cdr. Pendergraff, pp. 4 Ed Ward, pp. 4, 28 Admiral Dufek, pp. 7, 10, 40, 46-47 Lt. Whalen, pp. 8 Harvey Speed, pp. 9, 35 Captain Cordiner, USN, pp. 9-10, 36-37 Lt. Cdr. Curtis, pp. 10 Gus Shinn, pp. 10, 13 Trigger Hawks, pp. 10, 13 Dr. Paul Siple, pp. 13, 33 Dick Bowers, pp. 13, 34 Mike Baronick, pp. 14 Bert Crary, pp. 15, 24, 27 Dr. Larry Gould, pp. 15 Lt. Bob Anderson, pp. 16 General McCarty, pp. 18 Jim Waldron, pp. 18 Max Kiel, pp. 20 Palle Mogesen, pp. 21 Phil Smith, pp. 21 Admiral Richard Byrd, pp. 25 Bob Streich, pp. 27-28 Jack Torbert, pp. 28, 49 Charlie Otti, pp. 28, 49 Cdr. V.J. Coley, pp. 31, 36, 41-42, 45-47 Captain George (Pullen? Pullman?), pp. 32, 45 Frank Tuck, pp. 33 Charlie Bevilaqua, pp. 33 Dave Baker, pp. 34 Jack Bursey, pp. 35 Gordon Eddy, pp. 37 Father Linehan, pp. 40 Captain Hedbloom, pp. 42, 44 Cdr. Witherow, pp. 42 Cdr. McBane, pp. 42 Cdr. Flynn, pp. 42 Bill Beckey, pp. 42 Reggie Taylor, pp. 42 Chief Warr, pp. 42, 44 Officer Conger, pp. 42, 44 Lt. J.G. George Porter, pp. 42 Lt. Cdr. Robinson, pp. 42 Dutch Gardiner, pp. 49 Jim Zumberge, pp. 51-52 Hugh Skilling, pp. 52-53 Bob Thompson, pp. 55 Father Darkowski, pp. 56 Sir Hubert Wilkins, pp. 56 The media can be accessed at the links below. Audio Part 1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Edward_Frankiewicz_1.mp3 Audio Part 2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Edward_Frankiewicz_2.mp3 Cdr. Frankiewicz describes his boyhood in Rutland, Vermont. He had obtained his private pilot’s license, flight instructor’s rating, and commercial rating by late 1941. After flying for Pan Am in Africa, he joined the Naval Air Transport Squadron VR-1 in late 1942. After returning from the Korean War with VP-28, Frankiewicz heard about VX-6. The difficulties in flying to Antarctica from the U.S. in 1955 are summarized as well as Frankiewicz’s role in the transportation of materials for Operation Deepfreeze II. Cdr. Frankiewicz describes the problems of establishing supply stations and supplying Little ...