Remarks on Presenting Distinguished Flying Crosses to Aviators John Polando and Russell Boardman.
July 28, 1932
I AM GLAD to greet you and express my appreciation and the admiration of the whole American people for your daring exploit.
Note: The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. on the White House grounds.
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Boardman and Polando set a long distance record by flying a Bellanca monoplane, the Cape Cod, nonstop from New York to Istanbul in 49 hours and 20 minutes.
Herbert Hoover, Remarks on Presenting Distinguished Flying Crosses to Aviators John Polando and Russell Boardman. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207309
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