Although there were perhaps two dozen men who knew of the existence of the operation by its code name, such as the naval officers who had helped get Raphael Poe to his destination, there were only five men who really knew what Operation Mapcase was all about.
"The Foreign Hand Tie"
Gordon Randall Garrett
I did not know at the time, what has since been brought out in the testimony given before the naval Committee in Washington, that the National Geographic Society's verdict was based upon an indifferent examination of worthless observations and a few seconds' casual observation of Mr. Peary's instruments by several members of the Society in the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Washington.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Dr. Cook has brought charges against Mr. Peary as a naval officer.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook