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August 15, 1931

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LINDBERGHS REACH SIBERIAN ISLAND ON HOP FROM NOME; Land at Lone Karagin After 1,067-Mile Flight in 10 Hours, 49 Minutes. PROGRESS TOLD BY RADIO Pacific Coast Stations Pick Up Reports Relayed From St. Paul Island, in Contact With Plane. CHEERED AS THEY DEPARTED Fliers Swoop Low Over Crowd, Gathered at Safety Bay to See Start Over Bering Sea. Radio Messages En Route. Had Been Nearing Cape Navarin. LINDBERGHS REACH SIBERIAN ISLAND Cheered by Crowd at Start. Kept in Contact by Radio. Possible Return Routes. FLIER TO RADIO FROM TOKYO. Arrangements Made for Col. Lindbergh to Broadcast.

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Arrive at Karagin Island; map

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Ernest C. Brace

1931Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (died 2014)[†]

Ernest Cary Brace was the longest-held civilian prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. A decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot and mustang, Brace was court-martialed in 1961 for attempting to fake his own death. He flew as a civilian contract pilot before being captured in Laos in 1965 while flying supplies for USAID. He spent almost eight years as a POW and upon his release received a Presidential pardon in light of his good conduct.

Richard F. Heck

1931Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)[†]

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