| 1903
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Born in Minneapolis, Kansas on June 29
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| 1923
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First Solo flight
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| 1926
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Arrived in Fairbanks to fly for the Fairbanks Airplane Company
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| 1927
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Participated as a pilot in the Wilkins Polar Expedition
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| 1928
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First to fly over the southern polar continent
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| 1929
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Led the search and located the Eielson crash site
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| 1931
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Delivered 280,000 units of diptheria serum to the Arctic coast saving the villages from the plague
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| 1932
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Made the first landing on Mt. McKinley
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| 1933
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Helped Wiley Post complete the first solo flight around the world
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| 1934
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Flew to Siberia to help launch the first around the world Airmail flight
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| 1935
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Flew to Barrow with Bob Gleason to retrieve the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rogers
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| 1949
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Joe Crosson died suddenly in Seattle at the age of 45
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