Talk:Adolphus Greely

Rescue
This article is a little odd in that it discusses the search and rescue of the Lady Franklin expedition, but gives no informatio on why a rescue was required. What went wrong??

Baskaxy (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The rescue did require more than one attempt. There was a lot of media attention about the effort which included obtaining the necessary equipment. Perhaps, the rescue ought to be a sub-section after expansion of the section. jmswtlk (talk) 14:02, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Fort Greely, AK
These two pages need to be tied together at Fort Greely, AK is named after Adolphus Greely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Greely,_Alaska http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Greely

24.237.191.42 (talk) 19:34, 12 August 2010 (UTC)Lee

outdated references
the following part of the article
 * Guttridge, Leonard F. (September 1, 2000). "Ghosts of Cape Sabine: the harrowing true story of the Greely expedition". Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. Retrieved April 14, 2008.

...links to a dead link. perhaps this oone would suffice as a reference to the work? http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/20/reviews/000220.20huntfot.html Mang (talk) 15:27, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

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failure of expedition
So the expedition failed b/c they never got the food they needed? Why was Greely considered any kind of 'hero"? Sounds like the whole thing was an utter disaster and the Greely was not a good leader.

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In one word: Politics. Greely was connected, and the Army warrant requiring MoHs for combat was deemed irrelevant by DC insiders. At risk of appearing self-promoting, here's my book on Army MoHs with a section on Greely. https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-U-S-Medal-Honor-Recipients/dp/0425210170

B. Tillman 16 May 2021