- Albert Gerald Sayre
Albert Gerald Sayre (1897 –
September 6 ,1990 ) was an AmericanRadioman , Radio Amateur,Teacher andArctic Explorer .Gerry served in the
US Navy as Radioman duringWorld War I and was aCommander in theUS Naval Reserve . He was living inCornwall-on-Hudson, New York , and working as a teacher at theStorm King School inNewburg, New York , when he signed on as radio operator/engineer for theMacGregor Arctic Expedition that took place betweenJuly 1 ,1937 andOctober 4 ,1938 .After the expedition, Sayre lived in
Arlington County, Virginia , and worked as an instructor at theUS Naval Academy . He retired toMilton, Wisconsin in the 1960s and passed away, at age 92 years, onSeptember 6 ,1990 .ources
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*Vogel, Hal: "They Brought Their Own Storms", 1977
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