New York. Other Navy award: Distinguished Service Medal. Citation: For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life as a member of the Byrd Arctic Expedition and thus contributing largely to the success of the first heavier-than-air flight to the North Pole and return. Distinguished Service Medal citation The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Aviation Pilot Floyd Bennett, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States. His courage and ability contributed largely to the success of the first heavier-than-air craft flight to the North Pole and return. Legacy Two airports in New York state are named in honor of Floyd Bennett: Floyd Bennett Field, New York City's first municipal airport, and Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport in Queensbury, New York, near his birthplace. Floyd Bennett Field is now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. The destroyer was also named in his honor. On his flight to the South Pole in 1929, Commander Byrd named his Ford Tri-motor airplane the Floyd Bennett in his honor. The Floyd Bennett is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. In his hometown of Warrensburg is the Floyd Bennett Park and Bandstand. PS 203 in New York City is named Floyd Bennett School. The Bennett Platform, an Antarctic mesa, was named in Bennett's honor. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents Notes External links 1890 births 1928 deaths Aviators from New York (state) Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Explorers of the Arctic Machinists United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients People from Warrensburg, New York Military personnel from New York (state) United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Naval Aviators United States Navy officers Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor Deaths from pneumonia in Quebec