European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Advance base for operation deep freeze. Dufek commanded the expedition s task Force. Rear adm George j. Dufek. The u. S. Navy s or. Antarctica to retire rear adm George j. Dufek noted expert on Polar areas to leave Active duty sept. 1 after distinguished career by Harry w. Frantz up staff writer Navy Oil Tanker snowbound deep in  weasel towing sleds carrying fuel lines at Mcmurdo sound in Antarctica rear adm George j. Dufek will retire sept. 1 after a naval career distinguished by notable achievements in the Polar regions. Long a devoted associate of rear adm Richard e. Byrd Dufek has worn the Mantle of or. Antarctica since Byrd died in 1957. No other american officer has been identified More closely with the peaceful exploration and scientific Conquest of the southernmost continent. The present worldwide attention to Antarctica has resulted in a Large degree from Dufek s application of modern technology to the problems of transport an human habitation in that continent. A member of two . Expeditions in the Arctic and six in Antarctica during a 20-year period Dufek is now unchallenged As the Foremost american authority in the planning and command of maritime air and land operations in the ice bound Polar  april 15 at new York Dufek turned Over the command of the . Naval sup port forces Antarctica to rear adm David Tyree. Tyree also has been appointed by president Eisenhower As . Antarctic projects officer succeeding Dufek Asad Viser on political scientific and legislative activities affecting  was commander of operations deep freeze i ii Iii and in which planned and conducted the logistical sup port for the . Antarctic program during the International geophysical year he sent More ships men and air planes to the South Ern continent than had been there through All  other countries with Antarctic programs benefited directly or indirectly from the Byrd Dyfed demonstration that the scientific Conquest of Antarctica an permanent human habitation were practicable Enterprise although presidents Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower All turned to Dufek As a master of ship and air operations in Polar regions it is a curious fact that he was not a member of a seafaring family and in Nis youth he thought of an army career the Admiral s father Frank was born Ettta August 21, 1959 the stars and stripes at Prague and emigrated to the . About1885. The father was a Cabinet maker and founded a piano factory at Rockford i1l his Mother Mary Wachuta was born i Prairie Duchien wis., of czech ancestry. George Dufek was born at Rockford 111., feb. 10, 1903, far from the . Seaboard. In High school he was Captain of cadets and he thought about entering West , he was Given an appointment at Annapolis where he was graduated in 1925. His Early interest in Antarctica was accidental. While he was serving As a lieu tenant at san Diego in the Spring of 1939,the Navy department called for volunteers for Byrd s expedition to Antarctica. Dufek application was accepted. In september 1939 he became navigator of the ship Bear which was flagship of a Navy Antarctic development project ordered by president Franklin d.  the 1939-40 season Dufek made exploratory flights Over parts of Antarctica and was Given a  1946 Dufek was sent to the Arctic As chief staff officer on a . Navy coastguard expedition to establish weather bases in the Polar regions. He returned to Washington 10 help plan operation High jump in Antarctica and As a Captain sailed with 13 ships of the task Force under direction of  s group of three ships in 1947 traced the coastline Between Little Amer Ica and the Palmer Peninsula. He made the first flight Over the Thurston Penin Sula he also was acclaimed for Rescue operations of a fallen air plane. Adm Byrd said thai his Rescue of six survivors was in Many ways unequalled in All the history of Polar rescues in 1948 Dufek  Back to the Arctic in command of a task Force to establish new weather stations near the North pole. His vessels went further North under their own Power than any other ship  August 1954, he was designated As head of the special Antarctic planning group in the office of the chief of naval opera Tionson March 1sj55, lie became commander of task Force 43 for operation deep freeze. In july 1u57. President Eisenhower named him . Antarctic projects officer i which Post he succeeded Byrd As senior . Advisor on activities affecting the american Antarctic program. Since then he has been the key figure in Antarctic plans and projects. Alter retirement he will continue to write and lecture on Polar topics with special emphasis on their importance to the dawning space age. Page 11