Cover Flown by Commander Jorda of VX-6 - One of Admiral Byrds pilots in September 1956 from Quonset Point Naval Air Station to Little America, Antarctica and canceled on December 16; the Stations First Day of Operation

The Cachet is by HHS and reverse of the cover is pictured to the left

My father retired from Quonset Point after twenty years of service in 1956. I attended 7th and 8th grades at Robert E. Perry Jr. High School on the base and just before entering the Navy worked at the base galley for one summer.